chigoe
chigoe — 名詞
- chigoesingular
- chigoesplural
1. a very small tropical flea that digs into the skin of animals and people, where
沙蚤
鑽入皮膚產卵的寄生跳蚤
a very small tropical flea that digs into the skin of animals and people, where the female lives and lays eggs, often causing a painful swelling around the entry point.
Takeshi got a chigoe bite on his foot after walking barefoot on a Brazilian beach.
Takeshi 在巴西沙灘上赤腳走路後，腳上被沙蚤咬了一口。
collocation: chigoe bite + barefoot on [beach]
The farmer found a swelling on his ankle from a chigoe burrowing under the skin.
村裡的農夫發現腳踝上腫了一塊，原來是一隻沙蚤鑽進了皮膚底下。
Mira's dog picked up several chigoes during a walk through the Costa Rican rainforest.
Mira 的狗在哥斯大黎加雨林散步時，身上沾了好幾隻沙蚤。
Adisa removed a chigoe from under the skin of a traveler's toe with tweezers.
Adisa 用消毒過的鑷子，小心翼翼地從旅人的腳趾皮下取出一隻沙蚤。
Children in rural tropical areas are encouraged to wear shoes to avoid chigoe infestations.
熱帶鄉下的孩子們被鼓勵穿鞋子，以免感染沙蚤。
文法句型
chigoe + verb (singular / plural)
用法筆記
Only the female chigoe burrows into the skin — the male does not. The feet and toes are the most common sites of infestation, especially in sandy or dusty ground.
常見錯誤
2. a very tiny creature related to spiders that clings to the skin of animals and p
恙蟎
附在皮膚上引起紅癢的小蟎蟲
a very tiny creature related to spiders that clings to the skin of animals and people in grassy areas and feeds on skin cells, leaving small red marks that feel very itchy.
Andrés got red bumps on his legs after sitting in tall grass — chigoe bites.
Andrés 坐在高草地上之後，腿上出現紅色腫包——是恙蟎咬的。
collocation: chigoe bites from sitting in [location]
Lakshmi scratched the red marks on her arms caused by chigoe mites in the grass.
Lakshmi 一直在抓手臂上的小紅點，沒想那是高草裡的恙蟎引起的。
The rash on Liam's ankles was from chigoe mites at the campsite near the river.
Liam 腳踝上的疹子，原來是河邊營地裡的恙蟎造成的。
Minh wore long socks to protect her skin from chigoe mites while hiking.
Minh 穿上長襪保護皮膚，以免在山徑健行時被恙蟎叮咬。
A chigoe mite is so small you cannot see it until red bumps appear.
一隻恙蟎小到你根本看不見，直到皮膚上出現紅腫的疙瘩。
- chigger
the standard American English name for the same mite
- harvest mite
less common name for the larval stage of certain trombiculid mites
文法句型
chigoe + verb (singular / plural)
用法筆記
Unlike sense 1, a chigoe mite does not burrow into the skin — it attaches to the surface and injects saliva that causes the itching and redness. Often called chigger in American English.