英语词汇“ant farm”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ant farm n. a place where ants are bred or reared; spec. an artificial enclosure or formicarium containing an ant colony, typically with transparent walls through which the ants' activity is visible; cf. ant-hive n.In quot. 1862: an area in which agricultural ants of the genus Pogonomyrmex nurture their food plants.

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1862 Jrnl. Proc. Linn. Soc.: Zool. 6 30 The enclosure surrounding the orchard has prevented the approach of cattle to the ant-farms.]

1910 Hampton's Mag. 25 771/1 Hardly a day passes but that I receive fool letters..about ‘Your friend's ant farm’.

1931 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 14 June 3/2 William [sc. an anteater] was a member of the party so that he might sample the fare that would form part of the new ant farm at the zoo.

1957 Boys' Life Nov. 100/4 (advt.) An ant's entire world seen through the clear plastic walls of this unbreakable, escape-proof Ant Farm.

1981 F. Vrazo in O. Davis Omni Bk. of Space (?1983) 345 The test involves building a giant ant farm..and..recording everything with a minicamera.

2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Dec. 48/3 The combination of Kenneth Starr's investigations and a particularly indiscreet White House staff left the East and West Wings as exposed as an ant farm.

单词	ant farm
释义	> as lemmas ant farm ant farm n. a place where ants are bred or reared; spec. an artificial enclosure or formicarium containing an ant colony, typically with transparent walls through which the ants' activity is visible; cf. ant-hive n.In quot. 1862: an area in which agricultural ants of the genus Pogonomyrmex nurture their food plants. ΚΠ 1862 Jrnl. Proc. Linn. Soc.: Zool. 6 30 The enclosure surrounding the orchard has prevented the approach of cattle to the ant-farms.] 1910 Hampton's Mag. 25 771/1 Hardly a day passes but that I receive fool letters..about ‘Your friend's ant farm’. 1931 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 14 June 3/2 William [sc. an anteater] was a member of the party so that he might sample the fare that would form part of the new ant farm at the zoo. 1957 Boys' Life Nov. 100/4 (advt.) An ant's entire world seen through the clear plastic walls of this unbreakable, escape-proof Ant Farm. 1981 F. Vrazo in O. Davis Omni Bk. of Space (?1983) 345 The test involves building a giant ant farm..and..recording everything with a minicamera. 2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Dec. 48/3 The combination of Kenneth Starr's investigations and a particularly indiscreet White House staff left the East and West Wings as exposed as an ant farm. extracted from antn.¹ < as lemmas
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