
來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)aemette,螞蟻,來(lái)自West Germanic*amaitjo,砍下,來(lái)自*ai,離開(kāi),去掉,*mai,砍, 切,詞源同maim.字面意思即砍下,切開(kāi),引申詞義分段,成段,用于指螞蟻。
As tycke as ameten crepet in an amete hulle [chronicle of Robert of Gloucester, 1297]Emmet survived into 20c. as an alternative form. White ant "termite" is from 1729. To have ants in one's pants "be nervous and fidgety" is from 1934, made current by a popular song; antsy embodies the same notion.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
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