wasp
US /wɑːsp/
UK /wɑːsp/

명사
1.
말벌
a social winged insect which has a narrow waist and a sting and is typically yellow with black stripes. Unlike bees, wasps do not produce honey.
예시:
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A wasp stung me on the arm.
말벌이 내 팔을 쏘았어.
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There's a wasp nest under the eaves.
처마 밑에 말벌집이 있어.
2.
WASP
(informal, often offensive) a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, typically a member of the American upper or upper-middle class.
예시:
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The old money families in that town are mostly WASPs.
그 마을의 구세대 부유층 가족들은 대부분 WASP이다.
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He came from a privileged WASP background.
그는 특권적인 WASP 배경 출신이었다.
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