flea

flea
noun
  1. a small wingless jumping insect which feeds on the blood of mammals and birds. It sometimes transmits diseases through its bite, including plague and myxomatosis
    跳蚤
  2. Order Siphonaptera: several families and many species, including the human flea (Pulex irritans)
    虱目:数科,多种,包括人蚤(拉丁名Pulex irritans)
    ■short for flea beetle
    flea beetle 的简称

    参见 water flea
常用词组
as fit as a flea
  1. in very good health
    非常健康
a flea in one's ear
  1. a sharp reproof
    尖锐的批评;严厉的非难
    she expected to be sent away with a flea in her ear.
    她猜自己会被狗血淋头地骂走的。
语源
  1. Old English flēa, flēah, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlo and German Floh
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