wasp

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wasp /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ ●○○ noun [countable]  HBIa thin black and yellow flying insect that can sting you 黄蜂 →4  See picture of 见图 INSECT →5 see picture at 见图 insect

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wasp• It looks like a slightly small-sized cross between a bee and a wasp, but with a longer drooping tail.• The other three cocoons also had been parasitized by a wasp that must have laid her eggs into the caterpillar.• Adult wasps must have escaped out the trapdoor at the top of the cocoon where the strap attaches.• Gravid female fig wasps enter figs, lay eggs and die.• Through it all the words dance like butterflies and dart like wasps.• The chapter on wasps describes a recent renewal of interest following theoretical work.WASP /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ noun [countable]  American EnglishCLASS IN SOCIETY (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) an American whose family was originally from northern Europe and who is therefore considered to be part of the most powerful group in society 盎格鲁——撒克逊裔的白人新教徒，北美中上层白人〔被视为属于社会上最有权势的阶层〕

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WASP• The chianti for the children is a dead giveaway that this is not a WASP gathering in the suburbs.• Rebecca asks me if I think all WASP Thanksgivings are like this one.• He had long sympathized with liberal causes and felt uncomfortable at the privileges his WASP background gave him.• It came to be controlled by a contingent of WASPs, wannabe WASPs, and social climbers.• In your mind, select a prototypical WASP and think like him.Origin wasp Old English wæps, wæsp

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sting Corpus black a thin yellow and insect flying can that

WASP
WASP /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ noun [countable]
American English (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) an American whose family was originally from northern Europe and who is therefore considered to be part of the most powerful group in society

wasp
wasp /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ noun [countable]a thin black and yellow flying insect that can sting you

waspBrE /wɒsp/ 🔊NAmE /wɑːsp/ 🔊 noun

a black and yellow flying insect that can sting 黄蜂；胡蜂◆a wasp sting黄蜂蜇伤◆a wasps' nest黄蜂窝

WaspBrE /wɒsp/ 🔊NAmE /wɑːsp/ 🔊 (also WASP) noun (especially NAmE, usually disapproving) the abbreviation for 'White Anglo-Saxon Protestant' (a white American whose family originally came from northern Europe and is therefore thought to be from the most powerful section of society) 白种盎格鲁–撒克逊新教徒（全写为 White Anglo-Saxon Protestant，祖先来自北欧，被认为是美国社会中势力最强大的白人）◆a privileged Wasp background享有特权的盎格鲁–撒克逊裔白人新教徒出身