| 单词 | termite |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['tə:mait] |
| 解释 | n.白蚁 |
| 红宝书 | 【考】 pun : joke / termite : insect(双关语是一种笑话/ 白蚁是一种昆虫) |
| 字源 | termite (n.) 1849, back-formation from plural form termites (1781), from Modern Latin termites (three syllables), plural of termes (genitive termitis), a special use of Late Latin termes "woodworm, white ant," altered (by influence of Latin terere "to rub, wear, erode") from earlier Latin tarmes. Their nest is a terminarium (1863). Earlier in English known as wood ant or white ant. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 白蚁(一种数量巨大、颜色较浅、身体柔软的群居昆虫, 以木材为食, 经常破坏树木和木制的物品) 【记】读: 透明体－透明的蚂蚁－白蚁 【类】pun: joke = termite: insect双关语是一种笑话 = 白蚁是一种昆虫 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】ter 土地的字根 + mite 螨虫→土里的螨虫→白蚁；音:土埋的，土里埋着的白蚁 |
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