English Dictionary

earwig

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɪə(ɹ)wɪɡ/

名詞

Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.

日本語の意味

耳かじり虫：昆虫綱に属する耳かじり虫目の昆虫で、細長い体を持ち、短く革のような前翅の下に大きな膜状の後翅を折り畳んでおり、腹部の先端に大きな鋏状の器官が突出している。

An earwig scuttled across the picnic blanket, its curved pincers glinting in the sun.

腹部の後ろに一対の大きなハサミを突出させた細長い体を持つ耳翅目の昆虫（ハサミムシ）がピクニックの毛布を横切り、曲がったハサミが日差しにきらめいた。

意味（1）

Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.

The idea was probably strengthened by the earwig′s appearance, with a sharp, pincer-like appendage extending to the rear. However, earwigs are herbivores, and they are no more likely to enter an ear than are ants, bees, flies, or any other small insect. Even when earwigs do occasionally find their way into human ears, they cannot burrow their way through the skin and into the brain.

意味（2）

One who whispers insinuations; a secret counsellor.

That gawdy earwig, or my lord your patron, Whose pensioner you are.

意味（3）

A flatterer.

earwigs （ plural ）