单词 | booklouse |
释义 | booklouse in British English (ˈbʊkˌlaʊs) nounWord forms: plural -lice any small insect of the order Psocoptera, esp Trogium pulsatorium (common booklouse), a wingless species that feeds on bookbinding paste, etc booklouse in American English (ˈbukˌlaus) nounWord forms: plural -lice (-ˌlais) any of numerous minute, wingless insects of the order Psocoptera, often living among books or papers Also: book louse Word origin [1865–70; book + louse]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, black belt, goulash, maverick, tick-tack-toeExamples of 'booklouse' in a sentence |
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