| 单词 | gnat |
| 释义 | gnat noun[C] uk/næt/us/næt/a verysmallflyinginsectthatbitesanimalsandpeople 叮人的小虫；蚋；蠓 Kay Maguire/Moment Open/GettyImages Insect names
gnat| American Dictionarygnat noun[C] us/næt/asmallflyinginsectthatbites Examplesofgnatgnat No more than an elephant can use its trunk to swat a swarm of gnats, is modern, conventional military technology capable of putting an end to low-intensity war. From theCambridge English Corpus It is no use sending a swarm of gnats to swat an elephant, because it does not work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Having accepted the peace plan—or, so to speak, the camel—they are straining at gnats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So having swallowed the camel we must not strain at thegnatof the order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You have the camel; you ought not to strain at thegnat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not be guilty of straining at thegnator swallowing a camel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a steam roller, admittedly to crush agnat, but it is a steam roller. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are in danger, if we accept the new clause, of creating a camel to strain at one or two gnats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He accepts thegnatof principle but strains at the camel of making it work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That would be to strain at agnatand to swallow a camel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is not a gnat's whisker between them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the modern equivalent to the mote and the beam, and thegnatand the camel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would strain out gnats and not strain at agnat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are some people who can strain at a very smallgnatand swallow a herd of circus elephants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be straining at agnat, but it certainly strains my powers of understanding. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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