名詞 dragonfly:

1. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
   同義詞：darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk

drag.on.fly

n.（名詞）
【復數(shù)】 drag.on.flies
Any of various large insects of the order Odonata or suborder Anisoptera, having a long slender body and two pairs of narrow, net-veined wings that are usually held outstretched while the insect is at rest.Also called Regional darning needle Regional devil`s darning needle Regional ear sewer Regional mosquito hawk Regional skeeter hawk Regional snake doctor Regional snake feeder Regional spindle
蜻蜓：蜻蛉目或不均翅亞目中大型昆蟲中一種，具有細長的身體，歇息時通常展開兩對狹窄、有網(wǎng)狀脈絡的翅膀也作 【區(qū)域的】 darning needle【區(qū)域的】 devil`s darning needle【區(qū)域的】 ear sewer【區(qū)域的】 mosquito hawk【區(qū)域的】 skeeter hawk【區(qū)域的】 snake doctor【區(qū)域的】 snake feeder【區(qū)域的】 spindle

<注釋>Regional terms for the dragonfly are numerous, providing good evidence for dialect boundaries in the United States.The greatest variety of terms is to be found in the South,where the most widespread term issnake doctor (a name based on a folk belief that dragonflies take care of snakes).The Midland equivalent issnake feeder. Speakers from the Lower South, on the other hand, are more likely to refer to the same insect as amosquito hawk or, in the South Atlantic states, askeeter hawk. The imagery outside the South alludes more to the insect`s shape than to its behavior or diet:Upper Northern speakers call it adarning needle or a devil`s darning needle ; those in Coastal New Jersey, aspindle ; and Northern Californians, anear sewer.
各地對蜻蜓的許多不同叫法為美國的方言邊界提供了很好的依據(jù)。對蜻蜓叫法最多的是南部，在那里最常用的是snake doctor （因民間認為蜻蜓照看蛇而得名）。中部有與此相應的叫法：snake feeder。 而南部較南端的人則通常把蜻蜓叫作mosquito hawk ， 南大西洋諸州又把它稱為skeeter hawk。 南部以外的其它地方更多地根據(jù)蜻蜓的外形而非行為或食物為之命名：北部較北端的人把它叫作darning needle 或 devil`s darning needle ； 新澤西州海岸一帶叫spindle ； 而北加利福尼亞人則叫ear sewer