cricket
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 蟋蟀，板球
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English creket, crykett, crykette, from Old French criket (with diminutive -et) from criquer (“to make a cracking sound; creak”), from Middle Dutch kricken (“to creak; crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, related to Middle English creken, criken (“to creak”), all ultimately of imitative origin.
Compare Dutch kriek (“cricket”), Middle Dutch krikel, criekel, crekel (“cricket”) (with diminituve -el), Middle Low German krikel, krekel (“cricket”), German Kreckel (“cricket”). More at creak.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
- A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
- (aviation, slang) An aural
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词源说明
The etymology is unknown. A few similar words exist in Germanic languages, such as Norwegian krakk (“stool”).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (dialectal) A wooden footstool.
- A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection