gnat
A biting insect, especially a mosquitoA biting insect, especially a mosquito.
» The wind drove off the gnats.
Значення
значень: 2A biting insect, especially a mosquito.
Stechmücke, Schnake, Mücke
мо́шкаmóška, кома́рkomár
мошкаmoška, мушкаmuška, комарkomar
(British usage) mosquito
(розмовне)An annoying person.
Приклади
речень: 7The wind drove off the gnats.
I was bitten by a gnat.
deMich hat eine Stechmücke gestochen.
The cow missed being hit by a gnat's whisker.
You strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
ruТы придираешься к мелочам, а главного не видишь.
The gnats swarmed us.
deDie Mücken umschwärmten uns.
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
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Походження
From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-WesFrom Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnatt, *gnattu, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz, *gnattuz (“gnat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (“to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind”). Cognate with Low German Gnatte (“gnat”), dialectal Swedish gnatt (“mosquito”), German Gnatz (“scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess”). Related also gnit and gnaw.
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