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mosquito

noun
🔊/məˈskiːtəʊ/, 🔊/mɒˈskiːtəʊ/
🔊/məˈskiːtəʊ/
(plural mosquitoes or mosquitos)
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  1. a flying insect that bites humans and animals and drinks their blood. One type of mosquito can spread the disease malaria.蚊子
    • I was awake all night scratching my mosquito bites.我一晚上都没睡着，一个劲地挠蚊子叮咬的地方。
    Extra Examples
    • He swatted the mosquito with a newspaper.他用报纸打蚊子。
    • Stay indoors when mosquitoes are out.蚊子出来的时候要待在室内。
    • This strain of mosquito carries malaria and yellow fever.这种蚊子传染疟疾和黄热病。
    • fish that feed on mosquito larvae以孑孓为食的鱼
    Topics Insects, worms, etc.b1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • infected
    • malaria
    … of mosquitoes
    • swarm
    verb + mosquito
    • swat
    • kill
    • attract
    • …
    mosquito + verb
    • fly
    • be out
    • buzz
    • …
    mosquito + noun
    • bite
    • larva
    • species
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese, diminutive of mosca, from Latin musca ‘fly’.