flea

名词 flea:

1. any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

1. I bought some old78-rpm records at a flea market in the village hall.
   我在村政厅的跳蚤市场上买了一些每分钟78转的旧唱片。
2. The cat's got fleas.
   这猫长跳蚤了。
3. I must have been bitten by a flea, my arms are itchy.
   我一定是让跳蚤咬了，胳膊很痒。

flea

n.（名词）
Any of various small, wingless, bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera that have legs adapted for jumping and are parasitic on warm-blooded animals.
跳蚤：蚤目的各种小型、无翅吸血昆虫中的任一种，长有适于跳跃的腿，寄生在温血动物身上
Any of various small crustaceans that resemble or move like fleas, such as the water flea.
水蚤：各种长得象或行动象蚤的小甲壳类动物，如水蚤

<习惯用语>a flea in (one`s) ear
An annoying hint or a stinging rebuke.
讽刺：令人恼怒的暗示或尖刻的指责
来源：
Middle English fle
中古英语 fle
from Old English flôah
源自 古英语 flôah