ant
/ænt/noun
1- a small insect typically having a sting and living in a complex social colony with one or more breeding queens. It is wingless except for fertile adults, which form large mating swarms, and is proverbial for its industry.蚂蚁。
1.1
- Family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera: several subfamilies.蚁科, 膜翅目：数个亚科。
短语
have ants in one's pants
- informal be fidgety or restless〈非正式〉坐立不安。
词源
Old Englishǣ mete of West Germanic origin; related to German Ameise. Compare with EMMET.