| 单词 | mosquito brigade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmosquito brigade mosquito brigade n. now chiefly historical a body of people engaged in destroying mosquitoes or their breeding sites, to prevent the spread of malaria. ΚΠ 1902 R. Ross (title) Mosquito brigades and how to organize them. 1916 Sci. Monthly Aug. 142 The shallow pools and puddles [in] the gardens and yards, and the cesspools under the houses were obliterated or treated with petroleum by the mosquito brigade. 1986 Amer. Hist. Rev. 91 329 Ross established mosquito brigades, which concentrated on eradication by means of drainage, systematic sanitary inspections, and killing the larvae with kerosene and the adults with insecticides. < as lemmas |
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