gnat

GRE畅通词汇

英 [næt] 美[næt]

释义

n. [昆] 小昆虫；小烦扰

n. (Gnat)人名；(英)纳特；(俄)格纳特

词态变化

复数: gnats;

中文词源

gnat 咬，小虫

词源同gnaw, 咬。

英文词源

gnat (n.): Old English gnæt "gnat, midge, small flying insect," earlier gneat, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz (cognates: Low German gnatte, German Gnitze); perhaps literally "biting insect" and related to gnaw.
The gnatte is a litil fflye, and hatte culex he soukeþ blood and haþ in his mouþ a pipe, as hit were a pricke. And is a-countid a-mong volatiles and greueþ slepinge men wiþ noyse & wiþ bytinge and wakeþ hem of here reste. [John of Trevisa, translation of Bartholomew de Glanville's "De proprietatibus rerum," 1398]
Gnat-catcher, insectivorous bird of the U.S. woodlands, is from 1823.

双语例句

3. A novel human GCN 5 - related acetyltransferase, MAK 3 was found by bioinformatics analysis of the GNAT family.: 在对乙酰化酶GNAT家族进行研究分析的过程中, 找到一个人GNAT家族的新成员MAK3.

5. You need not sing to me like a gnat to profound that question.: 你用不着象蚊子那样哼哼唧唧地提出这个问题.

英英释意

1. any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies

实用场景例句

You need not sing to me like a gnat to profound that question.: 你用不着象蚊子那样哼哼唧唧地提出这个问题.

She'll consider it your fault if we quarrel because you strain at a gnat.: 她会认为我们的争吵是你错了,因为你这么斤斤计较.

Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.: 24你们这瞎眼领路的, 蠓虫你们就滤出来, 骆驼你们倒吞下去.

He'll hardly reach his aim, because he strains at gnat.: 他很难达到目的, 因为他这人太拘泥细节了.

She had the attention span of a gnat, but she was fantastic.: 她的关注范围像昆虫一样小, 但她非常棒.

You blind guides , who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!: 太23:24你们这瞎眼领路的、虫你们就滤出来、驼你们倒吞下去.

Blind guides, who strain out the gnat but swallow the camel!: 24瞎眼领路的, 蠓虫你们就滤出来,骆驼你们倒吞下去.

You strain out a gnat and swallow a camel ( Matthew 23:23 - 24 , TLB ) .: 你们这瞎眼领路的, 蠓虫你们就滤出来,骆驼你们倒吞下去.

I had tried a comic strip based on a bug Gnat.: 作者先是想画一套以一只虫子——哥诺姆·哥奈特为主要人物的连环画.

You blind guides ! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.: 你们这瞎眼领路的、蠓虫你们就滤出来、骆驼你们倒吞下去.