Word · Frequency #15228
louse
虱子
A small wingless parasitic insect that lives on the skin or hair of warm-blooded animals and feeds on their blood.
- 1.
A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
一种小型寄生无翅昆虫,属于啮虫目。
- 2.
wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
寄生在温血动物身上的无翅吸血昆虫
- 3.
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
卑鄙无耻的人
- 4.
any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
吸食植物汁液的昆虫,尤指蚜虫
卑鄙小人；无耻之徒；蚜虫；一种小型寄生无翅昆虫,属于啮虫目。；寄生在温血动物身上的无翅吸血昆虫；卑鄙无耻的人
In use
The child had a louse in his hair, so the mother used a special shampoo.
He's a louse for spreading rumors about his colleagues.
The gardener controlled the plant lice on the roses with neem oil.
have/get lice
lice是复数形式。
The kids got lice at school.
孩子们在学校染上了虱子。
be a louse
口语中常用作侮辱性称呼。
Don't be such a louse!
别这么卑鄙！
louse up sth
非正式用法，意为搞砸。
He loused up the surprise party.
他搞砸了惊喜派对。
Connections
Collocations
- head louse
- 头虱
- The school sent a note home after a case of head lice was found.学校在发现一例头虱后给家里发了通知。
- body louse
- 体虱
- Body lice are spread through close contact with an infected person.体虱通过与被感染者的密切接触传播。
- pubic louse
- 阴虱
- Pubic lice are usually transmitted through sexual contact.阴虱通常通过性接触传播。
- plant louse
- 蚜虫
- The garden roses were covered in plant lice.花园里的玫瑰上满是蚜虫。
- a real louse
- 一个十足的卑鄙小人
- I can't believe you did that; you're a real louse.我真不敢相信你做了那种事；你真是个十足的卑鄙小人。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
louse 与 mouse 同韵，联想“老鼠身上有虱子”；复数 lice 特殊，别写成 louses。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：school head-lice checks、medical consultation about itching、public health leaflet on parasite control 表示“虱子”时为中性常用词，日常口语和卫生、医疗类书面语中都比较常见，常出现在谈论头虱、体虱的场合；不带褒贬色彩。
Grammar Note
Plural form: lice
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 louse 真正押韵（/aʊs/）的词：house、mouse、spouse、douse。注意 loose（/luːs/）和 lose（/luːz/）拼写接近，但发音不同。louse 的复数 lice（/laɪs/）也不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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