| 单词 | yellow ant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow ant yellow ant n. any of various ants of a yellowish colour, esp. the yellow meadow ant, Lasius flavus. ΚΠ 1659 R. Amyas Antidote against Melancholy 6 Take the Liver of a Hare dryed in an Oven, and made into fine Powder; mix it with the Eggs of yellow Ants, or Pismires. 1735 J. Cockburn Journey over Land 16 I was no ways able to keep off the Vermine, such as Muskitoes and great yellow Ants, as large as our Bees. 1865 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands vii. 129 The common Yellow Ant (Formica flava) so abundant in marshes and gardens. 1967 T. Lewis & L. R. Taylor Introd. Exper. Ecol. ii. 34 The yellow ant (Lasius flavus) builds its nest in the earth below a stone. 2016 Economist (Electronic ed.) 4 May When a boy, he had put ferocious yellow ants and black ants in a bottle and watched them kill each other. < as lemmas |
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