wasp
US /wɑːsp/
UK /wɑːsp/
1.
黃蜂
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.
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A wasp stung me on the arm.
一隻黃蜂蜇了我的手臂。
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There's a wasp nest under the eaves.
屋簷下有一個黃蜂巢。
2.
WASP
(informal, often offensive) a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, typically a member of the American upper or upper-middle class.
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The old money families in that town are mostly WASPs.
那個鎮上的老錢家族大多是WASP。
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He came from a privileged WASP background.
他來自一個享有特權的WASP背景。