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单词 white ant
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Definition of white ant in English:

white ant

noun
  • another term for termite
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The lodge is built from cypress pine, a standard building material in the mallee country, due largely to its resistance to white ants.
    • Valley Kit Homes can also supply treated pine or steel frames to some rural areas, to ensure against white ants.
    • The skeletons of outsized Victorian sofas and armchairs lies dotted around the parquet floors, their chintz entirely eaten away by white ants.
    • Apart from the problems with the Tiwi Aborigines there were the white ants and the occasional cyclone which made life rather difficult.
    • Experts also found a tree 10 metres away had been badly damaged by white ants.

Definition of white ant in US English:

white ant

nounˈ(h)wīt ˌant
  • another term for termite
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Experts also found a tree 10 metres away had been badly damaged by white ants.
    • Apart from the problems with the Tiwi Aborigines there were the white ants and the occasional cyclone which made life rather difficult.
    • Valley Kit Homes can also supply treated pine or steel frames to some rural areas, to ensure against white ants.
    • The lodge is built from cypress pine, a standard building material in the mallee country, due largely to its resistance to white ants.
    • The skeletons of outsized Victorian sofas and armchairs lies dotted around the parquet floors, their chintz entirely eaten away by white ants.
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