Termiteとは意味・読み方・使い方

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語源

Inferred singular of termites, the plural of Latin termes (“woodworm”), which was used for termites by Linnaeus.

発音

(英国発音) IPA: /ˈtɜː(ɹ).maɪt/
韻: -ɜː(ɹ)maɪt

名詞

termite (plural termites)

A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
- 1802, Francis William Blagdon, Modern Discoveries; or, a Collection of facts and observations, volume IV, page 162:
  
  Linnæus describes this insect under the Latin name of Termes; and citizen Cuvier speaks of it under that of Termites. The vulgar call it by that of white ant, or fourmi vaguevague. The termites divide themselves into societies: each society builds itself a next, and each nest belongs to an innumerable quantity of these insects, who acknowledge for their chiefs a king and a queen.
A contemptible person.
- 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 31:
  
  This two faced termite has the nerve to talk.

同意語

(white-bodied, wood-consuming insect): termes, white ant, wood ant

派生語

compass termite
dampwood termite
Formosan termite
magnetic termite
termite bug
termite of the sea
turmite

動詞

termite (third-person singular simple present termites, present participle termiting, simple past and past participle termited)

(intransitive) Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it.

派生語

cathedral termite
compass termite
dampwood termite
drywood termite
magnetic termite
meridian termite
spinifex termite
subterranean termite
termitarium
termite bug
termite mound
termite of the sea
termiticide
turmite

参考

アナグラム

emitter

ラテン語

発音

(Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈtɛr.mɪ.tɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈt̪ɛr.mi.t̪e]

名詞

termite m

ablative singular of termes


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