• n. 黃蜂；[昆] 胡蜂；易怒的人
• vi. 黃蜂似的直撲

來自PIE*wopsa,編織，構造，來自PIE*webh,編織，紡織，詞源同web,weave.字母p,s置換。用于指黃蜂。

wasp

wasp: [OE] Etymologically, the wasp may be the ‘weaver’. The word comes ultimately from Indo- European *wobhes- or *wops-, which was probably derived from the base *webh-, *wobh- ‘weave’ (source of English weave, web, etc); the allusion is presumably to the papery nest which many species construct. West Germanic took this over as *wabis- or *waps-, and the process of metathesis (reversal of sounds) produced English wasp and German wespe. From the same Indo-European ancestor come Latin vespa (source of French guêpe, Italian vespa, and Spanish avispa) and Russian osa.
=> weave, web

wasp (n.)

Old English w?ps, w?sp "wasp," altered (probably by influence of Latin vespa) from Proto-Germanic *wabis- (cognates: Old Saxon waspa, Middle Dutch wespe, Dutch wesp, Old High German wafsa, German Wespe, Danish hveps), from PIE *wopsa-/*wospa- "wasp" (cognates: Latin vespa, Lithuanian vapsa, Old Church Slavonic vosa "wasp," Old Irish foich "drone"), perhaps from *webh- "weave" (see weave (v.)). If that is the correct derivation, the insect would be so called for the shape of its nest. Of persons with wasp-like tendencies, from c. 1500. Wasp-waist in reference to women's figures is recorded from 1870 (wasp-waisted is from 1775).

WASP (n.)

acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, by 1955.

1. The dress exaggerates her wasp waist and enlarges her bosom.

那件連衣裙凸顯了她的蜂腰，也讓她的胸部看起來更豐滿。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A wasp flew in the open window.

一只黃蜂飛進了開著的窗子。

來自《權威詞典》

3. I was stung on the arm by a wasp.

我的胳膊給黃蜂蜇了一下。

來自《權威詞典》

4. a privileged Wasp background

享有特權的盎格魯&dash1;撒克遜裔白人新教徒出身

來自《權威詞典》

5. The dog went berserk when a wasp stung him.

狗給黃蜂咬了,變得狂暴.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》