"white ant" meaning in 英語

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  "etymology_text": "來自white + ant，外表看起來像是螞蟻。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "white ants",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "虽然称作 white ant，且外观和行为都相似，但白蚁不是蚂蚁。科学上一般用termite称呼白蚁。"
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1885 October, Henry Drummond, The White Ant: A Theory, Popular Science Monthly, page 741,",
          "text": "The most important point in the work of the white ant remains to be noted. I have already said that the white ant is never seen."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1971 June 3, Technology Review: Spoiling the termite′s dinner, New Scientist, page 573,",
          "text": "The most voracious cable-muncher in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of Australia is the termite, or white ant, which eats through both lead and polythene sheathings."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990 December 13, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page D.3,",
          "text": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy to hear that the hon. Member appreciates the fact that white ants cause a lot [of] destruction in his area. There is very little we can do about white ants."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Bill Sheat, Gerald Schofield, Complete Gardening in Southern Africa, page 424,",
          "text": "White ants destroy living plants by removing the epidermal layers, effectively ‘ringbarking’ the subject."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, David Livingstone, 15: Conversations on Rain-Making, Roy Richard Grinker, Stephen C. Lubkemann, Christopher B. Steiner (editors), Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History and Representation, page 246,",
          "text": "Our house was built on a hard ferruginous conglomerate, in order to be out of the way of the white ant, but they came in despite the precaution; […] ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "白蟻"
      ],
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        "informal"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "white ant"
}

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "來自white + ant，外表看起來像是螞蟻。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "white ants",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "虽然称作 white ant，且外观和行为都相似，但白蚁不是蚂蚁。科学上一般用termite称呼白蚁。"
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "英語非正式用語"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1885 October, Henry Drummond, The White Ant: A Theory, Popular Science Monthly, page 741,",
          "text": "The most important point in the work of the white ant remains to be noted. I have already said that the white ant is never seen."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1971 June 3, Technology Review: Spoiling the termite′s dinner, New Scientist, page 573,",
          "text": "The most voracious cable-muncher in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of Australia is the termite, or white ant, which eats through both lead and polythene sheathings."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990 December 13, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page D.3,",
          "text": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy to hear that the hon. Member appreciates the fact that white ants cause a lot [of] destruction in his area. There is very little we can do about white ants."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Bill Sheat, Gerald Schofield, Complete Gardening in Southern Africa, page 424,",
          "text": "White ants destroy living plants by removing the epidermal layers, effectively ‘ringbarking’ the subject."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, David Livingstone, 15: Conversations on Rain-Making, Roy Richard Grinker, Stephen C. Lubkemann, Christopher B. Steiner (editors), Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History and Representation, page 246,",
          "text": "Our house was built on a hard ferruginous conglomerate, in order to be out of the way of the white ant, but they came in despite the precaution; […] ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "白蟻"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "white ant"
}