flea
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++flea /fliː/ noun [countable] 1 HBIa very small insect without wings that jumps and bites animals and people to eat their blood 跳蚤 Are you sure the dog has fleas? 你确定那只狗身上有跳蚤吗？2. send somebody off with a flea in their ear British EnglishANGRY to talk angrily to someone, especially because they have done something you disapprove of 〔尤指因某人做了你不赞成的事而〕一顿臭骂轰走某人
Examples from the Corpus
flea• Pets with heavy coats may have their hair clipped to increase comfort and control fleas.• But there are safe ways to ward off fleas.• Look for tiny specks of black dirt - these are the flea droppings.• A water flea that is starving in a crowded pond is the victim not of food shortage but of competition.Origin flea Old Englishflea nounChinese
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flea
flea /fliː/
noun [countable]
Are you sure the dog has fleas?
2. send somebody off with a flea in their ear British English to talk angrily to someone, especially because they have done something you disapprove of
flea /fliː/
noun [countable] Language: Old English
1. a very small insect without wings that jumps and bites animals and people to eat their blood: 2. send somebody off with a flea in their ear British English to talk angrily to someone, especially because they have done something you disapprove of
