Word · Frequency #12347
mosquitoes
蚊子；蚊
mosquitoes is the plural of mosquito.
two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
- 1.
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.
一种小型飞行昆虫,属于蚊科,雌性叮咬人类和动物吸食血液,留下瘙痒的肿块,有时传播疟疾、登革热和黄热病等疾病。
- 2.
two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
雌性有长喙的双翅昆虫,用于刺穿皮肤并吸食人类和动物的血液
一种小型飞行昆虫,属于蚊科,雌性叮咬人类和动物吸食血液,留下瘙痒的肿块,有时传播疟疾、登革热和黄热病等疾病。；雌性有长喙的双翅昆虫,用于刺穿皮肤并吸食人类和动物的血液；蚊子；[医] 蚊
In use
A mosquito bit my arm while I was sleeping.
We need to buy some mosquito repellent before the camping trip.
There are many mosquitoes near the pond in summer.
a mosquito bites sb
bite 的过去式是 bit；蚊子用口器刺入皮肤吸血，通常用 bite，不用 sting。
A mosquito bit me on the arm.
一只蚊子咬了我的胳膊。
be bitten by a mosquito
口语中也常说 get bitten by a mosquito，语气更随意。
He was bitten by a mosquito last night.
他昨晚被蚊子咬了。
mosquitoes suck blood from sb/sth
suck blood 是固定搭配，blood 为不可数名词，前面不加冠词。
Mosquitoes suck blood from humans and animals.
Connections
Collocations
- mosquito bite
- 蚊子叮咬；蚊子咬的包
- She applied some cream to the mosquito bites on her arm.她往胳膊上被蚊子叮咬的地方涂了些药膏。
- mosquito repellent
- 驱蚊剂；防蚊液
- Remember to bring mosquito repellent when you go camping.去露营时记得带驱蚊剂。
- mosquito net
- 蚊帐
- We hung a mosquito net over the bed to keep out insects.我们在床上挂了蚊帐以防昆虫。
- mosquito larvae
- 蚊子幼虫
- Mosquito larvae can be found in stagnant water.蚊子幼虫可以在死水中找到。
- mosquito coil
- 蚊香
- He lit a mosquito coil to drive away the insects.他点了一盘蚊香来驱赶蚊虫。
- mosquito control
Learner notes
Memory Tip
蚊子英文是 mosquito，音近“莫斯基托”，想象它自我介绍后再叮你一口。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、旅行与户外活动、健康与疾病预防、科普文章 mosquito 属于常用词，通常用于描述蚊子这种昆虫，在口语和书面语中都比较常见，中性语境下使用即可。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 mosquito 拼写相似，但发音有差异。bonito、burrito、Quito 都以 -ito 结尾，但其中的 i 读长音 /iː/，而 mosquito 中的 i 读短音 /ɪ/，因此不押韵。mosque 拼写开头相似，但发音为 /mɑsk/，完全不同。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.