单词 | ant-man |
释义 | > as lemmasant-man ant-man n. (a) a person who specializes in the study of ants; an expert in ants; (b) a person who destroys ants' nests; (c) Science Fiction, an alien that resembles an ant. ΚΠ 1863 Weekly Entomologist 10 Jan. 169/2 In popular parlance we designate one [Entomologist] as the ‘Ant-man’, another as the ‘Eupithecia-man’. 1864 Amer. Monthly Knickerbocker Sept. 24/2 The ant-man does not ordinarily arrive till a day or two after he is sent for. 1901 H. G. Wells First Men in Moon xxii. 272 These ant-like beings, these ant-men. 1949 G. R. Stewart Earth Abides i. v. 91 He could remember that constant battle—his mother's cry of dismay at finding a line of them in the kitchen,..and the constant debate about whether they should summon the ant-man. 1984 D. Brin Pract. Effect iii. iii. 47 To be slain on sight by mammal-hating antmen, for instance, would have merely been unavoidable bad luck. 2008 New Yorker 10 Mar. 66/3 And in the end they look no more like Black Canary or Ant-Man than does the poor zhlub in the Venom mask. < as lemmas |
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