| 词汇 | mayfly |
| 释义 | mayfly noun[ C ] uk /ˈmeɪ.flaɪ/ us /ˈmeɪ.flaɪ/pluralmayfly or mayflies an insect that lives near water and only lives for a very short time as an adult: 蜉蝣 A mayfly is born in the morning and dies at dusk the same day. Mayflies danced across the surface of the river. GlobalP/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Mayflies are short-lived aquatic insects. The children were busy collecting mayfly. Mayflies are considered an important part of the food web. Insect names anopheles ant aphid beastie bedbug deathwatch beetle dragonfly dust mite earwig earworm house dust mite housefly insect jigger ladybird silverfish sow bug spider mite stick insect swallowtail mayfly adjective uk /ˈmeɪ.flaɪ/ us /ˈmeɪ.flaɪ/ lasting only a short time: mayfly existenceThe station had a mayfly existence, closing only a year after it first opened. Life is too short, and there is no way I am going to spend my mayfly moments tidying up other people's mess. Given his mayfly service - just six months - he was lucky to get such an expensive retirement gift. Apparently, midlife crises hit you early in the mayfly world of pop. In a world of mayfly product cycles, this phone has stood the test of time. Short in time abbreviated at a moment's/two hours'/three weeks', etc. noticeidiom awhile be short noticeidiom bite-sized blink bout brief dose in small dosesidiom in the blink of an eyeidiom instant jiffy micro-moment minute snatched split second transient transiently trice Examples of mayflymayfly The fringe movements that have their mayfly existence for a month or two and then flicker out and disappear may also agree. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thus, as and when the weather changes, they die like mayflies and the industry suffers accordingly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Mayfly nymphs must have adapted to water while they still had the gliders on their abdomen intact. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Dragons consider most men to be uninteresting, short-lived mayflies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In mayflies, the hind wings are reduced, sometimes absent, and play little role in their flight, which is not particularly agile or graceful. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In smoky madtoms, mayfly nymphs comprised a significant chunk of their diet. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At some point bee-eaters have been recorded eating beetles, mayflies, stoneflies, cicadas, termites, crickets and grasshoppers, mantises, true flies and moths. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Gambusia typically eat zooplankton, beetles, mayflies, caddis flies, mites and other invertebrates; mosquito larvae make up only a small portion of their diet. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The finfoot feeds on aquatic invertebrates, including both adults and larval mayflies, dragonflies, crustaceans, also snails, fish and amphibians. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The shadow darner naiad feeds on a wide variety of aquatic insects, such as mosquito larvae, other aquatic fly larvae, mayfly larvae, and freshwater shrimp. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Biotic index surveys report mayfly and stonefly nymphs, caddis fly larvae, dragonfly and damselfly nymphs and crayfish. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Mayflies are morphologically and physiologically more basal, but the derived characteristics of dragonflies could have evolved independently in their own direction for a long time. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Consequently, dragonflies, mayflies, caddisflies and other water-seeking species actually prefer to mate, settle, swarm and oviposit upon these surfaces than available water bodies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Mayflies are famed for their short adult life. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They do not appear to be held straight up as in butterflies or mayflies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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