midge 音标拼音: [m'ɪdʒ]
n . 蚊,侏儒
蚊,侏儒
midge n 1 :
minute two -
winged mosquito -
like fly lacking biting mouthparts ;
appear in dancing swarms especially near water Sand \
Sand \,
n . [
AS .
sand ;
akin to D .
zand ,
G .
sand ,
OHG .
sant ,
Icel .
sandr ,
Dan . &
Sw .
sand ,
Gr . ?.]
1 .
Fine particles of stone ,
esp .
of siliceous stone ,
but not reduced to dust ;
comminuted stone in the form of loose grains ,
which are not coherent when wet .
[
1913 Webster ]
That finer matter ,
called sand ,
is no other than very small pebbles . --
Woodward .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A single particle of such stone . [
R .] --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
The sand in the hourglass ;
hence ,
a moment or interval of time ;
the term or extent of one '
s life .
[
1913 Webster ]
The sands are numbered that make up my life . --
Shak .
[
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4 .
pl .
Tracts of land consisting of sand ,
like the deserts of Arabia and Africa ;
also ,
extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide . "
The Libyan sands ." --
Milton . "
The sands o '
Dee ." --
C .
Kingsley .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
Courage ;
pluck ;
grit . [
Slang ]
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{
Sand badger } (
Zool .),
the Japanese badger ({
Meles ankuma }).
{
Sand bag }.
(
a )
A bag filled with sand or earth ,
used for various purposes ,
as in fortification ,
for ballast ,
etc .
(
b )
A long bag filled with sand ,
used as a club by assassins .
{
Sand ball },
soap mixed with sand ,
made into a ball for use at the toilet .
{
Sand bath }.
(
a ) (
Chem .)
A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory ,
in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed .
(
b )
A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand .
{
Sand bed },
a thick layer of sand ,
whether deposited naturally or artificially ;
specifically ,
a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting ,
or from a reducing furnace .
{
Sand birds } (
Zool .),
a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds ,
such as the sandpipers ,
plovers ,
tattlers ,
and many others ; --
called also {
shore birds }.
{
Sand blast },
a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise ;
also ,
the apparatus used in the process .
{
Sand box }.
(
a )
A box with a perforated top or cover ,
for sprinkling paper with sand .
(
b )
A box carried on locomotives ,
from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel ,
to prevent slipping .
{
Sand -
box tree } (
Bot .),
a tropical American tree ({
Hura crepitans }).
Its fruit is a depressed many -
celled woody capsule which ,
when completely dry ,
bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds .
See Illust .
of {
Regma }.
{
Sand bug } (
Zool .),
an American anomuran crustacean ({
Hippa talpoidea })
which burrows in sandy seabeaches .
It is often used as bait by fishermen .
See Illust .
under {
Anomura }.
{
Sand canal } (
Zool .),
a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating ,
and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle .
It appears to be excretory in function .
{
Sand cock } (
Zool .),
the redshank . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Sand collar }. (
Zool .)
Same as {
Sand saucer },
below .
{
Sand crab }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The lady crab .
(
b )
A land crab ,
or ocypodian .
{
Sand crack } (
Far .),
a crack extending downward from the coronet ,
in the wall of a horse '
s hoof ,
which often causes lameness .
{
Sand cricket } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus {
Stenophelmatus }
and allied genera ,
native of the sandy plains of the Western United States .
{
Sand cusk } (
Zool .),
any ophidioid fish .
See {
Illust .}
under {
Ophidioid }.
{
Sand dab } (
Zool .),
a small American flounder ({
Limanda ferruginea }); --
called also {
rusty dab }.
The name is also applied locally to other allied species .
{
Sand darter } (
Zool .),
a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({
Ammocrypta pellucida }).
{
Sand dollar } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins ,
which live on sandy bottoms ,
especially {
Echinarachnius parma }
of the American coast .
{
Sand drift },
drifting sand ;
also ,
a mound or bank of drifted sand .
{
Sand eel }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A lant ,
or launce .
(
b )
A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus {
Gonorhynchus },
having barbels about the mouth .
{
Sand flag },
sandstone which splits up into flagstones .
{
Sand flea }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
Any species of flea which inhabits ,
or breeds in ,
sandy places ,
especially the common dog flea .
(
b )
The chigoe .
(
c )
Any leaping amphipod crustacean ;
a beach flea ,
or orchestian .
See {
Beach flea },
under {
Beach }.
{
Sand flood },
a vast body of sand borne along by the wind .
--
James Bruce .
{
Sand fluke }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The sandnecker .
(
b )
The European smooth dab ({
Pleuronectes microcephalus }); --
called also {
kitt }, {
marysole },
{
smear dab }, {
town dab }.
{
Sand fly } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus {
Simulium },
abounding on sandy shores ,
especially {
Simulium nocivum }
of the United States .
They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits .
Called also {
no -
see -
um }, {
punky },
and {
midge }.
{
Sand gall }. (
Geol .)
See {
Sand pipe },
below .
{
Sand grass } (
Bot .),
any species of grass which grows in sand ;
especially ,
a tufted grass ({
Triplasis purpurea })
with numerous bearded joints ,
and acid awl -
shaped leaves ,
growing on the Atlantic coast .
{
Sand grouse } (
Zool .),
any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes ,
and resembling both grouse and pigeons .
Called also {
rock grouse }, {
rock pigeon },
and {
ganga }.
They mostly belong to the genus {
Pterocles },
as the common Indian species ({
Pterocles exustus }).
The large sand grouse ({
Pterocles arenarius }),
the painted sand grouse ({
Pterocles fasciatus }),
and the pintail sand grouse ({
Pterocles alchata })
are also found in India .
See Illust .
under {
Pterocletes }.
{
Sand hill },
a hill of sand ;
a dune .
{
Sand -
hill crane } (
Zool .),
the American brown crane ({
Grus Mexicana }).
{
Sand hopper } (
Zool .),
a beach flea ;
an orchestian .
{
Sand hornet } (
Zool .),
a sand wasp .
{
Sand lark }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A small lark ({
Alaudala raytal }),
native of India .
(
b )
A small sandpiper ,
or plover ,
as the ringneck ,
the sanderling ,
and the common European sandpiper .
(
c )
The Australian red -
capped dotterel ({
Aegialophilus ruficapillus }); --
called also {
red -
necked plover }.
{
Sand launce } (
Zool .),
a lant ,
or launce .
{
Sand lizard } (
Zool .),
a common European lizard ({
Lacerta agilis }).
{
Sand martin } (
Zool .),
the bank swallow .
{
Sand mole } (
Zool .),
the coast rat .
{
Sand monitor } (
Zool .),
a large Egyptian lizard ({
Monitor arenarius })
which inhabits dry localities .
{
Sand mouse } (
Zool .),
the dunlin . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Sand myrtle }. (
Bot .)
See under {
Myrtle }.
{
Sand partridge } (
Zool .),
either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {
Ammoperdix }.
The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless .
One species ({
Ammoperdix Heeji })
inhabits Palestine and Arabia .
The other species ({
Ammoperdix Bonhami }),
inhabiting Central Asia ,
is called also {
seesee partridge },
and {
teehoo }.
{
Sand picture },
a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface .
{
Sand pike }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The sauger .
(
b )
The lizard fish .
{
Sand pillar },
a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia .
{
Sand pipe } (
Geol .),
a tubular cavity ,
from a few inches to several feet in depth ,
occurring especially in calcareous rocks ,
and often filled with gravel ,
sand ,
etc .; --
called also {
sand gall }.
{
Sand pride } (
Zool .),
a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species ; --
called also {
sand prey }.
{
Sand pump },
in artesian well boring ,
a long ,
slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well .
{
Sand rat } (
Zool .),
the pocket gopher .
{
Sand rock },
a rock made of cemented sand .
{
Sand runner } (
Zool .),
the turnstone .
{
Sand saucer } (
Zool .),
the mass of egg capsules ,
or oothecae ,
of any mollusk of the genus {
Natica }
and allied genera .
It has the shape of a bottomless saucer ,
and is coated with fine sand ; --
called also {
sand collar }.
{
Sand screw } (
Zool .),
an amphipod crustacean ({
Lepidactylis arenarius }),
which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America .
{
Sand shark } (
Zool .),
an American shark ({
Odontaspis littoralis })
found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States ; --
called also {
gray shark },
and {
dogfish shark }.
See Illust .
under {
Remora }.
{
Sand skink } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {
Seps };
as ,
the ocellated sand skink ({
Seps ocellatus })
of Southern Europe .
{
Sand skipper } (
Zool .),
a beach flea ,
or orchestian .
{
Sand smelt } (
Zool .),
a silverside .
{
Sand snake }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {
Eryx },
native of Southern Europe ,
Africa ,
and Asia ,
especially {
Eryx jaculus }
of India and {
Eryx Johnii },
used by snake charmers .
(
b )
Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {
Psammophis },
especially {
Psammophis sibilans }.
{
Sand snipe } (
Zool .),
the sandpiper .
{
Sand star } (
Zool .),
an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms ;
a brittle star .
{
Sand storm },
a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind .
{
Sand sucker },
the sandnecker .
{
Sand swallow } (
Zool .),
the bank swallow .
See under {
Bank }.
{
Sand trap }, (
Golf )
a shallow pit on a golf course having a layer of sand in it ,
usually located near a green ,
and designed to function as a hazard ,
due to the difficulty of hitting balls effectively from such a position .
{
Sand tube },
a tube made of sand .
Especially :
(
a )
A tube of vitrified sand ,
produced by a stroke of lightning ;
a fulgurite .
(
b ) (
Zool .)
Any tube made of cemented sand .
(
c ) (
Zool .)
In starfishes ,
a tube having calcareous particles in its wall ,
which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate .
{
Sand viper }. (
Zool .)
See {
Hognose snake }.
{
Sand wasp } (
Zool .),
any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {
Pompilidae }
and {
Spheridae },
which dig burrows in sand .
The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging ,
and which serve as food for her young .
[
1913 Webster ]
Midge \
Midge \,
n . [
OE .
migge ,
AS .
mycge ;
akin to OS .
muggia ,
D .
mug ,
G .
m ["
u ]
cke ,
OHG .
mucca ,
Icel .
m ?,
Sw .
mygga ,
mygg ,
Dan .
myg ;
perh .
named from its buzzing ;
cf .
Gr . ?
to low ,
bellow .]
(
Zool .)
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
Any one of many small ,
delicate ,
long -
legged flies of the {
Chironomus },
and allied genera ,
which do not bite .
Their larvae are usually aquatic .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A very small fly ,
abundant in many parts of the United States and Canada ,
noted for the irritating quality of its bite .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The name is also applied to various other small flies .
See {
Wheat midge },
under {
Wheat }.
[
1913 Webster ]
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "
midge ":
Lilliputian ,
Tom Thumb ,
brownie ,
crumb ,
dot ,
drop ,
droplet ,
dwarf ,
elf ,
fleck ,
flyspeck ,
gnat ,
gnome ,
grain ,
homunculus ,
iota ,
jot ,
lilliputian ,
manikin ,
microbe ,
microorganism ,
midget ,
minim ,
minutia ,
minutiae ,
mite ,
mote ,
particle ,
peewee ,
pinhead ,
pinpoint ,
pip -
squeak ,
point ,
pygmy ,
runt ,
scrap ,
shrimp ,
snip ,
snippet ,
speck ,
tittle ,
vanishing point ,
wart
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