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

mosquito hawk n. North American (a) the nighthawk, Chordeiles minor; (b) regional a dragonfly, spec. one which preys upon mosquitoes.

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1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 144 East-India Bats or Musqueto Hawks, are the Bigness of a Cuckoo, and much of the same colour.

1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 163 The Muskeetoe-Hawks, are Insects, so called, from their continually hunting after Muskeetoes, and killing and eating them.

1866 W. R. King Sportsman & Naturalist in Canada 108 The somewhat rare swallow-tail or musquito-hawk,..soaring in pursuit of insects.

1967 E. B. Nickerson Kayaks to Arctic ix. 77 We learned..that in my father's childhood they [sc. dragon-flies] had been called ‘mosquito hawks’.

1988 L. Gough Death on No. 8 Hook iii. 21 He could still hear the mosquito hawks hunting in the air high above him.

单词	mosquito hawk
释义	> as lemmas mosquito hawk mosquito hawk n. North American (a) the nighthawk, Chordeiles minor; (b) regional a dragonfly, spec. one which preys upon mosquitoes. ΚΠ 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 144 East-India Bats or Musqueto Hawks, are the Bigness of a Cuckoo, and much of the same colour. 1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 163 The Muskeetoe-Hawks, are Insects, so called, from their continually hunting after Muskeetoes, and killing and eating them. 1866 W. R. King Sportsman & Naturalist in Canada 108 The somewhat rare swallow-tail or musquito-hawk,..soaring in pursuit of insects. 1967 E. B. Nickerson Kayaks to Arctic ix. 77 We learned..that in my father's childhood they [sc. dragon-flies] had been called ‘mosquito hawks’. 1988 L. Gough Death on No. 8 Hook iii. 21 He could still hear the mosquito hawks hunting in the air high above him. extracted from mosquiton. < as lemmas
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