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A mantis is a long, thin insect that holds its two front legs up as if it were praying. That is why English so often calls it a praying mantis — praying here is about the shape, not about religion. It sits very still on a plant, then grabs other insects to eat. are usually glad to see one. The name is used for the whole group of these insects, not only the green ones you see in summer; some are brown and look like sticks or leaves. It is a quiet nature word, fine in class and in the garden, not slang. Though actually, a mantis shrimp is not a mantis at all: it lives in the sea and only borrowed the name because its front looks a little the same.
組成From New Latin mantis, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis), “soothsayer” — someone said to see the future. The insect was named that because of the way it holds its front legs, as if praying or telling fortunes. It is a distant doublet of mind; both go back to Proto-Indo-European *méntis.
同家族的字
- minda distant doublet: both go back to Proto-Indo-European *méntis
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
mantisnoun/ˈmæntɪs/
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Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.
- The scientists then allowed the males from one group of mantises to mate with females from the other.
- Don’t get me wrong: I love mantises so much it is pathetic. They have that quality, like some views of a beautiful city, where it feels that you are seeing them for the first time, every time. Each mantis looks so perfect, so whole and individual.
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A green colour, like that of many mantises.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。