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maggot
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🇺🇸 /mˈæɡʌt/
maggot主要指苍蝇等昆虫的蛆,也可引申为带侮辱性的称呼;在少数旧式或特定语境中,还可指奇想或某乐队的粉丝。
💡 记忆钩子
先想象腐物上扭动的蛆:它本来是苍蝇的幼虫;古人又把“脑子里有蛆”想成一个人胡思乱想,于是引出“奇想”,再进一步可作骂人的称呼;在特定乐迷圈中,它还成了粉丝自称。
📝 学习建议
- 先牢牢记住“蛆”这一基本义,再把“脑子里有蛆”理解为“胡思乱想”的引申线索。
- 看到复数或动物语境时,通常优先考虑昆虫幼虫义;看到人称呼或乐迷语境时,再判断是否为引申义。
📖 中文释义
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core 蛆📖 指苍蝇等双翅目昆虫柔软、没有腿的幼虫,常在腐败的有机物中取食。这是maggot最基本、最值得先掌握的意思。💡 常用“maggots in+地点或物品”以及“covered with maggots”等结构。它通常是可数名词,谈论多只幼虫时常用复数;不要把它泛泛地当作所有“虫子”的名称。The rubbish bin was full of maggots.垃圾桶里满是蛆。Flies laid eggs in the meat, and maggots appeared a few days later.苍蝇在肉上产了卵,几天后蛆就出现了。
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common 废物;没用的人📖 用来骂人,表示对方卑微、没用或不值得尊重;它是从“蛆”这种令人厌恶的形象引申出来的侮辱性称呼。💡 常见于命令、训斥或对抗场面中,模式是直接把某人叫作“maggot”。这是俚语和贬义用法,正式交谈中不应拿它当普通称呼,也不要误译成中性的“年轻人”或“家伙”。derogatory slangThe drill instructor shouted, “Move, maggots!”教官喊道:“动起来,你们这些废物!”
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rare 奇想;古怪念头📖 在旧式或方言用法中,maggot指突发的奇想或古怪念头,仍可追溯到“脑子里有蛆”这一想象。archaic dialectal
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rare 特定乐队的粉丝📖 在美国金属乐队Slipknot的乐迷语境中,maggot可指该乐队的粉丝,是专门的圈内称呼。💡 只在该乐队及其乐迷相关语境中使用,通常指粉丝自称或彼此称呼;不要把它当作英语里普遍表示“粉丝”的词。slang
maggots
plural
verb
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rare 给动物除蛆📖 指处理动物身上的蛆,把它们清除掉;可以看作名词“蛆”转成的动作义。transitive
maggots
present,singular,third-person
maggoting
participle,present
maggoted
participle,past
maggoted
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 1 组
the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
同义词集:
maggot
上位: grub
🌳 词源
词源大致来自古英语及更早表示“虫、蛆”的词;“奇想”义据说源于古人相信性情古怪的人脑中有蛆。
From Middle English magot, magat, maked, probably a metathetic alteration of maddock, maðek (“worm", "maggot”), originally a diminutive form of a base represented by Old English maþa (Scots mathe), from Proto-West Germanic *maþō, from Proto-Germanic *maþô, from the Proto-Indo-European root *mat, which was used in insect names, equivalent to made + -ock. Near-cognates include Dutch made, German Made and Swedish mask, Icelandic maðkur (“worm, grub, maggot”).
The use of maggot to mean a fanciful or whimsical thing derives from the folk belief that a whimsical or crotchety person had maggots in their brain.
🔄 变式
maggoted
past
maggoting
present
maggots
plural
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