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Weevil

释义 Definition

名词 (n.) 象鼻虫,象甲虫。一类小型甲虫,头部延伸成喙状,常以谷物、棉花、坚果等植物为食,是农业中常见的害虫。

发音 Pronunciation

/wivl/

例句 Examples

The farmer discovered that weevils had destroyed most of the stored grain.
农民发现象鼻虫已经毁坏了大部分储存的谷物。

Despite the use of modern pesticides, the boll weevil remains one of the most economically devastating agricultural pests in the history of American cotton farming.
尽管使用了现代杀虫剂,棉铃象鼻虫仍然是美国棉花种植史上经济损失最严重的农业害虫之一。

词源 Etymology

weevil 源自古英语 wifel,意为"甲虫",与古高地德语 wibil 同源,均来自原始日耳曼语 *webilez,词根与"移动、编织"相关,可能暗示这种昆虫在谷物中穿行钻洞的习性。该词在英语中有超过一千年的历史,长期用于指代各种损害粮食和作物的小型甲虫。

关联词 Related Words

文学作品 Literary References

  • 在约翰斯坦贝克(John Steinbeck)的《愤怒的葡萄》(The Grapes of Wrath)中,害虫对农作物的侵害是农民困境的重要背景之一。
  • 美国南方文学中,boll weevil(棉铃象鼻虫)是一个反复出现的意象,象征着毁灭与变革,尤其在描写20世纪初美国南方棉花经济崩溃的作品中。著名的民谣《Boll Weevil Song》广泛流传,成为美国民间文学的经典之一。
  • EO威尔逊(E. O. Wilson)在其自然科学著作中多次提及象鼻虫科(Curculionidae),指出其是甲虫目中物种最丰富的科之一。
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