English Dictionary

weevil

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈwiːv(ə)l/

名詞

軽蔑的 比喩的用法

Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.

日本語の意味

象鼻虫：多数の種が含まれる植物食性の甲虫類で、特徴的な先細な口吻（突き出た頭部）を持つ。

The farmer found a weevil inside a corn kernel and worried about an infestation.

農家はトウモロコシの粒の中にゾウムシを見つけ、害虫の発生を心配した。

意味（1）

Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.

意味（2）

Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles of various sizes, in the family Curculionidae within the superfamily Curculionoidea.

意味（3）

Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).

意味（4）

(figuratively, derogatory) A loathsome person.

But you accuse other men of villainy with too easy a tongue, you weevil. I have never wanted you in this matter, and I have said so.

weevils （ plural ）