
mantis基本信息
读法:英 ["mæntɪs] 美 ["mæntɪs]
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中英词源
mantis 螳螂
来自希腊语mantis,祈祷者,先知,来自menos,强烈的感情,着迷,词源同mind,mania.后用于指螳螂,因其形如俯伏在地祈祷的先知而得名。
- mantis
- mantis: see necromancy
- mantis (n.)
- 1650s, "type of insect that holds its forelegs in a praying position" (especially the praying mantis, Mantis religiosa), Modern Latin, from Greek mantis, literally "one who divines, a seer, prophet," from mainesthai "be inspired," related to menos "passion, spirit" (see mania). The insect so called for its way of holding the forelimbs as if in prayer. Also used in Greek for some sort of grasshopper (Theocritus).
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复数 mantises; mantes;
权威造句
- 1. A mantis cannot stop the wheel of a cart.
- 螳臂岂能挡车.
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- 2. The 6.3 - meter - long and 3.4 - meter - high mantis attracted businessmen, passers - by and shoppers until 30 July.
- 这个 6.3 米长、.4米高的螳螂吸引了商人们 、 路人们和购物人潮,直至7月30日为止.
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- 3. Po : No matter how hard he tried, Mantis could not escape.
- 无论他做了多大的努力, 螳螂还是逃不出去.
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- 4. A Malaysian flower mantis, which crouches among flowers awaiting unsuspecting prey.
- 一只马来西亚花螳螂, 蜷缩在鲜花中等待不期而遇的猎物.
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- 5. Praying mantis has two powerful claws like sharp knives.
- 螳螂有一对强壮的爪子,它们像锋利的刀.
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