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单词 wasp
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wasp
noun[C]
uk
/wɒsp/us
/wɑːsp/
B2
aflyinginsect, oftenblackandyellow, that cansting(=produceasmall,painfulskininjury):
黄蜂，胡蜂
There's a wasps'nestin thatoldtree.那棵老树上有一个黄蜂巢。
a waspsting被黄蜂蜇的一下
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  • A wasp came towards us and Howardstartedflailinghisarmsaround.
  • She had apuncturewoundin herarm, from a waspsting.
  • I gotstungby a waspyesterday.
  • Myfootswelledup to threetimesthenormalsizewhen it wasstungby a wasp.
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WASP
noun[C]
mainlyUSsometimesdisapproving(alsoWasp)
uk
/wɒsp/us
/wɑːsp/
abbreviationforWhiteAnglo-SaxonProtestant: awhiteAmerican whosefamilyoriginallycame fromnorthernEurope, and isthereforepartof agroupoftenconsideredas having the mostinfluenceand the mostmoneyin Americansociety:
祖先为盎格鲁－撒克逊新教徒的白种人（White Anglo-Saxon Protestant的缩写）
Mymothercomes from anoldWASPfamilywhich has been in thiscountryfor 350years.我母亲出身于一个具有盎格鲁－撒克逊裔白人血统的家族，该家族扎根于这个国家已有350多年了。

Related word

Waspy
(Definition ofwaspfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

wasp| American Dictionary

wasp
noun[C]
us
/wɑsp,wɔsp/
aflyinginsectthat isabletostingrepeatedly
WASP
noun[C]
us
/wɑsp,wɔsp/
abbreviation forwhiteAnglo-SaxonProtestant(= awhite,ProtestantAmerican whosefamilyoriginallycame fromnorthwesternEurope)
(Definition ofwaspfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwasp

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Two wasps, which were not found at the release site and had not reached the host patch, were not included in this distribution.
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The apparent dependency of the wasps on sunlight to conduct their ovipositional flights is interesting.
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Other workers in the vicinity of the ant being chased would often attempt to catch the wasps.
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During the course of research for this book, 2000 nest sites of selected solitary bees and wasps were 'evaluated and interpreted'.
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Second instarwasplarvae, which varied from 1.4 to 1.6 mm in length, were much less specialized than the first instar.
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Finally, understanding the mechanisms of naturally occurring, specific resistances against parasitoid wasps, widely used in biological control, is of high agronomic interest.
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The holes were the signs of emergence of the parasiticwaspadults.
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Mated female wasps were collected three to four days after emergence for use in the observations.
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The host larvae were then reared to pupation and kept at the test temperature until emergence of adult wasps.
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The wasps rarely appeared before the sun reached the ant nest and would retreat when clouds blocked the sun or the nest was shaded.
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Further study is needed to determine whetherwaspinfestation influences pathogen infection in ticks.
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Distances in the other two ecologicalwaspgroups did not correlate significantly with floristic distances.
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In each generation, 25-30 pairs of wasps, chosen randomly from 500-600 wasps of the current generation, were used to start the next generation.
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The total number of galls and wasps were counted per syconium.
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Cocoons derived from all the hosts parasitized 0 and 2 days after inoculation yielded live wasps.
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