late 15c., probably an unexplained variant of Middle English maðek, from Old English maða "maggot, grub," from Proto-Germanic *mathon (cognates: Old Norse maðkr, Old Saxon matho, Middle Dutch, Dutch made, Old High German mado, German Made, Gothic maþa "maggot"). Figurative use "whim, fancy, crotchet" is 1620s, from the notion of a maggot in the brain.
中文解释
1. 谐音“茅坑的”---蛆不就是主要生存自茅坑里吗？2. Figurative use "whim, fancy, crotchet" is 1620s, from the notion of a maggot in the brain.3. The use of maggot to mean a fanciful or whimsical thing derives from the folk belief that a whimsical or crotchety person had maggots in his or her brain.
实用例句
1. The rattailed maggot, for example, possesses a'snorklelike " telescopic air tube.
例如长尾蛆就有一个 “ 通气管 ” 似的伸缩吸气管.
来自辞典例句
2. He's got some maggot in his head.
他在想入非非.
来自辞典例句
3. I never use a single worm on the hook , preferring a cocktail of worm and maggot.
我从不单用一只虫作钓饵, 而喜欢用虫和蛆的混合物.
来自辞典例句
4. You've been into Farmer Maggot's crop!
你们又来农夫马嗄的田里偷东西了!
来自电影对白
5. When the maggot bites, he will go fishing in the rain.