bedbug 的意思
床虱;吸血虫;床上害虫
bedbug 的词源
bedbug(n.)
“床虱”这个词也可以写作 bed-bug,指的是“侵扰床铺和床上用品的吸血昆虫”,最早出现在1772年。它由 bed(床)和 bug(虫)两个词组合而成。
[The bed bug] is supposed to have been first introduced to this country in the fir timber that was brought over to rebuild London after it had suffered by the great fire; for it is generally said that Bugs were not known in England before that time, and many of them were found almost immediately afterwards in the new-built houses. [the Rev. W. Bingley, "Animal Biography; or Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy of the Animal Creation," London, 1803]
据说床虱最早是通过用于重建伦敦的冷杉木材引入到这个国家的,因为人们普遍认为在大火之前,英格兰并没有这种虫子,而在新建的房屋中,几乎可以立即发现许多床虱。[威廉·宾利牧师,《动物传记;或动物生活、习性与经济的轶事》,伦敦,1803年]
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