单词 | horsefly |
释义 | horsefly (once / 110461 pages) n WORD FAMILY horsefly: horseflies USAGE EXAMPLESWhen Arnold came to and discovered this, he took off like a horsefly from a swatter. Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee(1990) And seriously, there should be way more than just a horsefly named after Beyoncé, even if it does have a golden abdomen. Slate(Sep 09, 2016) Hoping to find someone, she walked north, climbing barefoot over rocks and fighting off swarms of horseflies. Washington Post(Jun 29, 2016) 1n winged fly parasitic on horses Syn|Hyper Hippobosca equina, horse tick hippoboscid, louse fly bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals 2n large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals Syn|Hyper cleg, clegg, horse fly gadfly any of various large flies that annoy livestock |
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