Tra từ insect - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 different kinds of insect
2 things that insects do
3 avoiding or killing insects
see also SPIDER

1 different kinds of insect
- a small animal with six legs and usually one or two pairs of wings: insect
- a small insect, especially one that causes damage or is found in dirty places: bug
※ bees BEE
- an insect like a butterfly that normally flies at night: moth
- a flying insect that often destroys vegetation and crops: locust
- an insect that makes a loud noise by rubbing its wings together: cricket
- a small flying insect that bites people and animals and sucks their blood: mosquito (plural mosquitoes)
- a small insect like a mosquito that bites: gnat, midge
- a very small jumping insect that lives on cats, dogs, etc: flea
Their dog's got fleas!
- a small insect that lives on the skin and in the hair of people and animals: louse (plural lice)
- a small insect that lives in the skin of an animal and sucks its blood: tick
sheep ticks
- an animal like an insect that lives in hot countries and has a long tail that produces a poisonous sting: scorpion
- a large brown or black insect, often found in dirty places: cockroach
- a long thin crawling animal with many pairs of legs: centipede, millipede
- an insect like an ant, that eats and destroys wood: termite
- an insect that grows from the eggs of flies that have been laid in meat, cheese, etc: maggot

2 things that insects do
- the sound that an insect makes when flying: buzz; verb: buzz
- when an insect such as a mosquito or an ant pricks your skin and sucks your blood, it bites* you; noun: bite
I've got mosquito bites all down my arm!
- when a bee or wasp pricks your skin, it stings* you; noun: sting
a bee sting ◎ Ow! I've been stung by a wasp.
- a large group of insects flying together: swarm
a swarm of midges/bees/wasps
- to move slowly with the body close to the ground or some other surface: crawl
Some kind of insect just crawled under your chair.
- completely covered with insects: crawling with sth
The kitchen was crawling with cockroaches.
- the fine yellow powder that bees and other insects collect from flowers and carry to other flowers: pollen (noun U)

3 avoiding or killing insects
- to hit an insect with sth flat or with your hand: swat sth
to swat a fly
- a chemical used to kill insects that destroy plants: insecticide (noun C/U)
- a chemical used to keep insects away: repellent (noun C/U)
mosquito repellent
- liquid in a special container (an aerosol) that is used for killing flies or other insects in the house: fly spray (noun U)
- a fine cotton net which covers a bed to prevent mosquitoes biting you during the night: mosquito net