“night、fly”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

night-fly

释义

ˈnight-fly
[f. night n. + fly n.¹]
1. A fly which is active or frequent by night.
1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iii. i. 11 Why rather (Sleepe) lyest thou in smoakie Cribs,..And huisht with bussing Night-flyes to thy slumber?1767G. S. Carey Hills Hybla 2 Chasing the night-fly and the buzzing gnat.1824Symmons Agamemnon 81 Scared by the night-fly's solitary buzz.1895Rider Haggard Heart of World xiv, Great fish rising in pursuit of some night-fly.
2. An artificial fly used in fishing.
1799G. Smith Laboratory II. 306 White night-fly. This fly is, in my opinion, preferable to the former.1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rural Sports 246/1 The mealy-white night-fly.Ibid., The mealy-brown night-fly.

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