aphid
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++a·phid /ˈeɪfɪd, ˈæfɪd/ noun [countable] HBIa type of small insect that feeds on the juices of plants 蚜虫
Examples from the Corpus
aphid• An hour and there was a speck of yellow on the horizon as tiny as an aphid.• They are often used in large numbers by farmers to control aphids, scales and mites.• Foliar feedings of fish emulsion are said to control aphids while providing organic nutrients.• Beneficial predators: Insect allies that kill off pests like aphids.• Ants often farm colonies of aphids on garden plants, feeding off their honeydew, while protecting the aphids from predators.• The aphids of Chapter 10 could be seen as paying out nectar to hire professional bodyguards.• Some of the alders held overwintering white patches of woolly aphids on their gray stems.Origin aphid (1800-1900) Modern Latin aphis, from Modern Greeka·phid nounChineseSyllable
that of on Corpus small a insect type feeds
aphid
a‧phid /ˈeɪfəd, ˈeɪfɪd, ˈæfəd/
noun [countable]
▪ insect a small creature such as a fly or ant, that has six legs, and sometimes wings: Head lice are tiny insects that live in the hair.
▪bug a small insect: What are those little bugs in my roses?
▪creepy-crawly informal an insect, especially one that you are frightened of: The mattress was covered in creepy-crawlies.
▪aphid technical a small insect that lives on the juice of plants and destroys them: The leaves have been attacked by aphids.
a‧phid /ˈeɪfəd, ˈeɪfɪd, ˈæfəd/
noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: aphis, from Modern Greek
a type of small insect that feeds on the juices of plantsLanguage: Modern Latin
Origin: aphis, from Modern Greek
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