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

black clock n. (a) a large black beetle, such as a dor beetle (genus Geotrupes); cf. clock n.³; (b) English regional (northern) = black-beetle n. 2.

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1620 G. Markham Farwell to Husbandry xiii. 90 Dores, or great black Clocks are vehement destroyers of all kind of Corne.

1727 R. Bradley tr. N. Chomel Dictionaire Oeconomique at Dores Now the Way to secure or prevent these Dores, Dare, or Black Clocks, is, to make great Smokes in the Corn-fields in Seed-time.

1886 in F. Podmore Apparitions & Thought-transference (1894) vii. 169 He found a ‘blackclock’ (i.e. cockroach) floating in his coffee.

1951 S. H. Bell December Bride i. vii. 55 It's wonderful what happens tae black-clocks when they get intae long grass.

1999 C. Tóibín Blackwater Lightship (2000) iii. 56 He was afraid of the black clocks which darted awkwardly across the floor.

单词	black clock
释义	> as lemmas black clock black clock n. (a) a large black beetle, such as a dor beetle (genus Geotrupes); cf. clock n.³; (b) English regional (northern) = black-beetle n. 2. ΚΠ 1620 G. Markham Farwell to Husbandry xiii. 90 Dores, or great black Clocks are vehement destroyers of all kind of Corne. 1727 R. Bradley tr. N. Chomel Dictionaire Oeconomique at Dores Now the Way to secure or prevent these Dores, Dare, or Black Clocks, is, to make great Smokes in the Corn-fields in Seed-time. 1886 in F. Podmore Apparitions & Thought-transference (1894) vii. 169 He found a ‘blackclock’ (i.e. cockroach) floating in his coffee. 1951 S. H. Bell December Bride i. vii. 55 It's wonderful what happens tae black-clocks when they get intae long grass. 1999 C. Tóibín Blackwater Lightship (2000) iii. 56 He was afraid of the black clocks which darted awkwardly across the floor. extracted from blackadj.n. < as lemmas
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