英语词汇“cow、lady”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

cow-lady

释义

ˈcow-ˌlady
[app. a transposition of the name lady-cow, which occurs earlier.]
1. A common provincial name of the coleopterous insects of the genus Coccinella; also called Lady-cow, and (more usually) Lady-bird.
1656Musarum Deliciæ (N.), A paire of buskins they did bring Of the cow-ladyes corall wing; Powder'd o're with spots of jet.1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 30 The Cow-Lady, or spotted Scarabee.1746Brit. Mag. 97 Our common Cow-Lady or Lady-Bird, as usually called.1877Stamford Mercury 24 Aug., A bluish black beetle about the size of a cow-lady has made its appearance.
2. A fly used by anglers; also an artificial fly of similar appearance.
1676Cotton Angler 325 The next is a Cow-lady, a little fly.1684R. H. Sch. Recreat. 162 Flies proper for every Month..For May..the Peacock-fly, the Cow-lady, the Cow-turd fly.1799G. Smith Laboratory II. 290 The cow-lady, a small fly: the wings of a red feather, or stripes of a red hackle of a cock: the body of a peacock's feather.

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