English Dictionary

boll weevil

名詞

アメリカ英語 古風 くだけた表現

A beetle (Anthonomus grandis) measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America.

日本語の意味

綿花（コットン）の芽や花を食害する甲虫（Anthonomus grandis）。中米原産で、平均約6ミリメートルの大きさを持つ害虫。

The boll weevil devastated the region's cotton fields, forcing farmers to change their planting practices.

体長約6ミリメートル（1/4インチ）で綿のつぼみや花を食べる甲虫（Anthonomus grandis）がその地域の綿畑を壊滅させ、農家に栽培方法を変えさせた。

意味（1）

A beetle (Anthonomus grandis) measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America.

意味（2）

(US politics, informal, dated) A conservative Southern Democrat.

As the veteran columnist John Chamberlain put it back in 1982, the ATARI Democrats ‘include many of the Southern “boll weevil” contingent that has supported Reagan on taxes, [and] is for using government to channel investment money to the newer “high tech” industries.

boll weevils （ plural ）