no-see-umn.

Brit.

/nəʊˈsiːəm/, U.S.

/noʊˈsiəm/

Forms: 1800s– no-see-em, 1800s– no-see-'em, 1900s– no-see-um, 1900s– no-see-'um.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adv.¹, see v., English 'em , 'em pron.

Etymology: < no adv.¹ + see v. + 'em, variant of 'em pron., with allusion to the diminutive size of the insects (see e.g. quot. 1842).With forms in final -um , compare um at 'em pron. ζ. forms.

Chiefly North American.

Any of several minute, bloodsucking flies, esp. biting midges (family Ceratopogonidae).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) > that sucks blood

no-see-um1934

1837 Amer. Jrnl. Sci 32 28 A very small black fly, which our guides called ‘minges’ [sic], and to which the Indians give the appropriate name of ‘No-see-'ems’.

1842 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 100 In some parts of New England and Canada, is a kind of midge..which is sufficiently formidable to the feeling, though so minute to the eye that the Indians in Maine give it the name of No-see-'em.

1870 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 432/1 The gnats, or ‘no-see-ems’, had to leave, and I found their power of endurance [to smoke] was about equal to my own.

1902 W. D. Hulbert Forest Neighbors (1903) 129 The mosquitoes and black-flies and no-see-'ems had bitten him until his skin was covered with blotches.

1934 A. Christie Parker Pyne Investigates 198 The no-see-ums are biting good and hard.

1994 Outdoor Canada May 56/3 Think of a school of crappie as a cloud of noseeums that hang over lakes on still evenings.

2000 On Hill No. 8. 22/2 The inner [tent] is predominantly no-see-um mesh, so there is plenty of ventilation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	no-see-um
释义	no-see-umn. Brit. /nəʊˈsiːəm/, U.S. /noʊˈsiəm/ Forms: 1800s– no-see-em, 1800s– no-see-'em, 1900s– no-see-um, 1900s– no-see-'um. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adv.¹, see v., English 'em , 'em pron. Etymology: < no adv.¹ + see v. + 'em, variant of 'em pron., with allusion to the diminutive size of the insects (see e.g. quot. 1842).With forms in final -um , compare um at 'em pron. ζ. forms. Chiefly North American. Any of several minute, bloodsucking flies, esp. biting midges (family Ceratopogonidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Ceratopogonidae > member of sandfly1748 no-see-um1837 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) > that sucks blood no-see-um1934 1837 Amer. Jrnl. Sci 32 28 A very small black fly, which our guides called ‘minges’ [sic], and to which the Indians give the appropriate name of ‘No-see-'ems’. 1842 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 100 In some parts of New England and Canada, is a kind of midge..which is sufficiently formidable to the feeling, though so minute to the eye that the Indians in Maine give it the name of No-see-'em. 1870 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 432/1 The gnats, or ‘no-see-ems’, had to leave, and I found their power of endurance [to smoke] was about equal to my own. 1902 W. D. Hulbert Forest Neighbors (1903) 129 The mosquitoes and black-flies and no-see-'ems had bitten him until his skin was covered with blotches. 1934 A. Christie Parker Pyne Investigates 198 The no-see-ums are biting good and hard. 1994 Outdoor Canada May 56/3 Think of a school of crappie as a cloud of noseeums that hang over lakes on still evenings. 2000 On Hill No. 8. 22/2 The inner [tent] is predominantly no-see-um mesh, so there is plenty of ventilation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837
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