Related topics: Insects
flea /fliː/ noun [countableC] → flee1 HBIa very small insect without wings that jumps and bites animals and people to eat their blood 跳蚤 Are you sure the dog has fleas? 你确定那只狗身上有跳蚤吗?
2. send somebody off with a flea in their ear British EnglishBrEANGRY to talk angrily to someone, especially because they have done something you disapprove of 〔尤指因某人做了你不赞成的事而〕一顿臭骂轰走某人