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单词 thrips
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Definition of thrips in English:

thrips

(also thrip)
nounθrɪpsθrɪps
  • A minute black winged insect which sucks plant sap and can be a serious pest of ornamental and food plants when present in large numbers. Thrips swarm on warm still summer days and cause irritation by crawling on the skin.

    蓟马。亦称THUNDERBUG,THUNDERFLY

    Order Thysanoptera: many species, including the pea thrips (Kakothrips robustus), which can cause considerable losses to pea crops

    Also called thunderbug, thunderfly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The most common insect pests of scallions are thrips, which arrive in mid-June and are a particular problem in dry weather, and occasionally cutworms or armyworms.
    • Insects such as ants, mealy bugs and thrips have been found in 37 out of 43 shipments, which then needed fumigation.
    • Inspect your plants regularly for insects such as aphids, thrips, whiteflies, and other noxious pests, whether indoors or outdoors.
    • Stunted rose buds or flowers are usually a sign of thrips, a silvery insect that is almost too tiny to see.
    • Terebrantia, the pest thrips, lay their eggs inside the plant's epidermis, the results of which can drive you mad trying to get rid of them.
    • Here, we present the entire nucleotide sequence of the mt genome of the plague thrips, Thrips imaginis (Thysanoptera).

Origin

Late 18th century: via Latin from Greek, literally 'woodworm'.

Rhymes

Chips, eclipse, ellipse

Definition of thrips in US English:

thrips

(also thrip)
nounθrɪpsTHrips
  • A minute black winged insect that sucks plant sap and can be a serious pest of ornamental and food plants when present in large numbers.

    蓟马。亦称THUNDERBUG,THUNDERFLY

    Order Thysanoptera: many species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here, we present the entire nucleotide sequence of the mt genome of the plague thrips, Thrips imaginis (Thysanoptera).
    • Inspect your plants regularly for insects such as aphids, thrips, whiteflies, and other noxious pests, whether indoors or outdoors.
    • Insects such as ants, mealy bugs and thrips have been found in 37 out of 43 shipments, which then needed fumigation.
    • Terebrantia, the pest thrips, lay their eggs inside the plant's epidermis, the results of which can drive you mad trying to get rid of them.
    • Stunted rose buds or flowers are usually a sign of thrips, a silvery insect that is almost too tiny to see.
    • The most common insect pests of scallions are thrips, which arrive in mid-June and are a particular problem in dry weather, and occasionally cutworms or armyworms.

Origin

Late 18th century: via Latin from Greek, literally ‘woodworm’.

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