housefly
/ˈhaʊsflaɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhaʊsflaɪ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhau̇s-ˌflī/ (ame, mw)
housefly — 名詞
- houseflysingular
- housefliesplural
1. a small flying insect with grey-and-black markings that is often seen indoors ne
家蠅；蒼蠅
常出現在屋內、可能帶有病菌的小飛蟲
a small flying insect with grey-and-black markings that is often seen indoors near food or rubbish and can carry germs from one place to another
Meera swatted the housefly that kept landing on her slice of watermelon.
Meera 拍掉那隻一直停在她西瓜片上的家蠅。
countable: a/the housefly + landed on [food]
Two houseflies were buzzing around the kitchen window all afternoon.
整個下午都有兩隻家蠅在廚房窗邊嗡嗡飛來飛去。
plural form: houseflies
Hyun closed the screen door quickly to keep houseflies out of the bakery.
Hyun 趕緊把紗門關上，免得家蠅飛進麵包店裡。
The science teacher explained how a single housefly can spread germs to many foods.
自然老師說明一隻家蠅就可能把病菌帶到許多食物上。
Joaquín covered the fruit bowl with a clean cloth to protect it from houseflies.
Joaquín 用一塊乾淨的布蓋住水果盤，防止家蠅停在上面。
- fly
broader everyday term; 'housefly' specifies the common indoor species
- common fly
informal way of saying the same insect
用法筆記
Singular 'housefly' is the everyday term; in biology and pest-control writing the same insect is often labelled 'Musca domestica'.