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IELTS BNC: 12347 COCA: 5667

mosquito

mosquito /məˈskiːtoʊ/ noun
plural mosquitoes also mosquitos
mosquito
/məˈskiːtoʊ/
noun
plural mosquitoes also mosquitos
Learner's definition of MOSQUITO
[count]
: a small flying insect that bites the skin of people and animals and sucks their blood蚊子
◊ Mosquitoes sometimes spread serious diseases like malaria.蚊子有时传播疟疾一类的严重疾病。
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IELTS BNC: 12347 COCA: 5667

mosquito

noun

mos·​qui·​to mə-ˈskē-(ˌ)tō How to pronounce mosquito (audio)
plural mosquitoes also mosquitos
: any of a family (Culicidae) of dipteran flies with females that have a set of slender organs in the proboscis adapted to puncture the skin of animals and to suck their blood and that are in some cases vectors of serious diseases
mosquitoey adjective

Illustration of mosquito

Illustration of mosquito

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The virus is most commonly spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022 West Nile virus is most commonly spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Julie Washington, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022 About 1 in 5 people will develop high fever, confusion, muscle weakness and a severe headache three to five days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2022 The West Nile virus is most commonly spread to people through the bite of an infected mosquito, according to the US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention. Chris Boyette, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 Last year Massachusetts reported 11 human cases of the virus, which is usually transmitted to people through an infected mosquito’s bite, the Department of Public Health said in a statement. Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022 Nothing gets a female mosquito going quite like the stench of human BO. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2022 An infected person, meanwhile, can spread the virus to a healthy mosquito. Sarah Sloat, NBC News, 1 July 2022 Settled on the mesh just above my right eye is a mosquito. Francine Prose, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, diminutive of mosca fly, from Latin musca — more at midge

First Known Use

1572, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mosquito was in 1572
IELTS BNC: 12347 COCA: 5667
mosquito

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF MOSQUITOES | VERB + MOSQUITO | MOSQUITO + VERB | MOSQUITO + NOUN ADJECTIVEinfected受感染的蚊子malaria瘧蚊... OF MOSQUITOESswarm一大群蚊子VERB + MOSQUITOswat打蚊子He swatted the mosquito with a newspaper.他用報紙打蚊子。kill殺死蚊子attract吸引蚊子repel驅趕蚊子control控制蚊子MOSQUITO + VERBfly蚊子飛be out (especially NAmE) 蚊子出來活動Stay indoors when mosquitoes are out.蚊子出來的時候要待在室內。buzz蚊子發出嗡嗡聲bite (sb)蚊子叮咬(某人)carry sth, spread sth蚊子傳染⋯/傳播⋯This strain of mosquito carries malaria and yellow fever.這種蚊子傳染瘧疾和黃熱病。MOSQUITO + NOUNbite蚊子叮咬處I was awake all night scratching my mosquito bites.我一晚上都沒睡着,一個勁地撓蚊子叮咬的地方。larva蚊子幼蟲;孑孓fish that feed on mosquito larvae以孑孓為食的魚species蚊類population蚊蟲數量net蚊帳repellent驅蚊劑control蚊蟲控制

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