| 单词 | no-see-em |
| 释义 | no-see-em N. Amer.|nəʊˈsiːəm|
Also no-see-um.
[Corruption of no see them.]
A name used for several small, blood-sucking insects, esp. biting midges of the family Ceratopogonidæ.
1848Thoreau Maine Woods 2 In the summer myriads of black flies, mosquitoes, and midges, or, as the Indians call them, ‘no-see-ems’, make travelling in the woods almost impossible. 1902W. D. Hulbert Forest Neighbors (1903) 129 The mosquitoes and black-flies and no-see-'ems had bitten him until his skin was covered with blotches. 1903S. E. White Forest 154 The midge, again, or punkie, or ‘no-see-'um’, just as you please, swarms down upon you suddenly. 1934A. Christie Parker Pyne Investigates 198 The no-see-ums are biting good and hard. 1939K. Pinkerton Wilderness Wife xvi. 166 No-see-ums are after dark prowlers. 1964Atlantic Advocate July 67/1 Near the bottom we struck swamp ground, a paradise for no-see-'ems, those minute flies whose burning bites are inversely related to their size. 1970Observer (Colour Suppl.) 19 Apr. 59/1 Down on the banks [of a Canadian river] there were awful blood-sucking insects called ‘no-see-um’, giant mosquitoes. 1975New Yorker 24 Feb. 82/3 No-see-ums are so small they go right through the screening of the tent. They home on flesh. |
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