maggot
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing…A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
» I heard that a paralyzed man was eaten alive by maggots.
Ich habe gehört, dass ein Gelähmter lebendig von Würmern zerfressen wurde.
Значення
значень: 4A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
Made, Fleischmade
опа́рышopáryš, личи́нкаličínka, червьčervʹ
опа́ришopáryš
the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
(зневажливе, сленг, вульгарне)A worthless, obnoxious or contemptible person.
Drop and give me fifty, maggot.
червьčervʹ, гни́даgnída
черв'я́кčervʺják, гни́даhnýda
(сленг)A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.
(архаїчне, діалектне)A whimsy or fancy.
причу́даpričúda, фанта́зияfantázija, блажьblažʹ
Приклади
речень: 21I heard that a paralyzed man was eaten alive by maggots.
deIch habe gehört, dass ein Gelähmter lebendig von Würmern zerfressen wurde.
The meat was crawling with maggots.
deDas Fleisch wimmelte von Maden.
This cookie is full of maggots.
The food has turned into maggots.
Miroslav saw maggots dropping to the floor.
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мов: 9За значеннями 2
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Походження
From Middle English magot, magat, maked, probably a metathetic alteration of maddock, maðeFrom Middle English magot, magat, maked, probably a metathetic alteration of maddock, maðek (“worm", "maggot”), originally a diminutive form of a base represented by Old English maþa (Scots mathe), from Proto-West Germanic *maþō, from Proto-Germanic *maþô, from the Proto-Indo-European root *mat, which was used in insect names, equivalent to made + -ock. Near-cognates include Dutch made, German Made and Swedish mask, Icelandic maðkur (“worm, grub, maggot”).
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