English-Thai Dictionary

WASP

N ชาวอเมริกัน ผิวขาว ที่ มี บรรพบุรุษ เป็น โปร แตส แตน ท์ (คำย่อ ของ  White Anglo-Saxon Protestant chao-ar-me-ri-kan-pil-kao-ti-me-ban-pa-bu-rud-pen-po-tes-tan

 

wasp

N ตัวต่อ ตระกูล  Vespidae Sphecidae แตน  ต่อ  tua-tor-tra-kuan

 

waspish

ADJ เจ้าอารมณ์  annoyed irascible irritated waspy jao-ar-rom

 

waspishly

ADV อย่าง เจ้าอารมณ์  yang-jao-ar-rom

 

waspishness

N ความ เจ้าอารมณ์  kwam-jao-ar-rom

 

waspy

ADJ คล้าย ตัวต่อ  klai-tua-tor

 

waspy

ADJ เจ้าอารมณ์  annoyed irascible irritated waspish jao-ar-rom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WASP

n.[G., L.] In entomology, a genus of insects, Vespa, of the order of Hymenopters. The mouth is horny, the jaw compressed, without a proboscis; the feelers four, unequal and filiform; the eyes lunated; the body smooth; the sting concealed, and the upper wings plicated. Wasps construct combs, and rear their young in the cells. The sting is painful.

 

WASP-FLY

n.A species of fly resembling a wasp, but having no sting, and but two wings.

 

WASPISH

a.Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; quick to resent any trifling affront. Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace This jealous, waspish, wrong-head, rhyming race.

 

WASPISHLY

adv. Petulantly; in a snappish manner.

 

WASPISHNESS

n.Petulance; irascibility; snappishness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WASP

Wasp, n. Etym: [OE. waspe, AS. wæps, wæfs; akin to D. wesp, G. wespe, OHG. wafsa, wefsa, Lith. vapsa gadfly, Russ. osa wasp, L. vespa, and perhaps to E. weave. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets.

 

Note: The social wasps make a complex series of combs, of a substance like stiff paper, often of large size, and protect them by a paperlike covering. The larvæ are reared in the cells of the combs, and eat insects and insect larvæ brought to them by the adults, but the latter feed mainly on the honey and pollen of flowers, and on the sweet juices of fruit. See Illust. in Appendix. Digger wasp, any one of numerous species of solitary wasps that make their nests in burrows which they dig in the ground, as the sand wasps. See Sand wasp, under Sand. -- Mud wasp. See under Mud. -- Potter wasp. See under Potter. -- Wasp fly, a species of fly resembling a wasp, but without a sting.

 

WASPISH

WASPISH Wasp "ish, a.

 

1. Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.

 

2. Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish. He was naturally a waspish and hot man. Bp. Hall. Much do I suffer, much, to keep in peace This jealous, waspish, wrong-head, rhyming race. Pope.

 

Syn. -- Snappish; petulant; irritable; irascible; testy; peevish; captious. -- Wasp "ish *ly, adv. -- Wasp "ish *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Wasp

Wasp |wäsp wɑsp |(also WASP ) ▶noun an upper- or middle-class American white Protestant, considered to be a member of the most powerful group in society. DERIVATIVES Wasp ish adjective, Wasp y adjective ORIGIN 1950s: acronym from white Anglo-Saxon Protestant .

 

wasp

wasp |wäsp wɑsp | ▶noun 1 a social winged insect that has a narrow waist and a sting. It constructs a paper nest from wood pulp and raises the larvae on a diet of insects. [Family Vespidae, superfamily Vespoidea, order Hymenoptera: several genera, in particular Vespula and Polistes. ] 2 a solitary winged insect with a narrow waist, mostly distantly related to the social wasps and including many parasitic kinds. [Several superfamilies in the sections Aculeata (digger, mason, and potter wasps ) and Parasitica (parasitic wasps and gall wasps ), order Hymenoptera. ] DERIVATIVES wasp like |-ˌlīk |adjective ORIGIN Old English wæfs, wæps, wæsp, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vespa; perhaps related to weave 1 (from the weblike form of its nest ).

 

wasp beetle

wasp bee ¦tle ▶noun a black and yellow longhorn beetle that mimics the appearance and behaviour of a wasp. ●Clytus arietis, family Cerambycidae.

 

waspie

waspie |ˈwɒspi | ▶noun ( pl. waspies ) a woman's corset or belt designed to accentuate a slender waist. ORIGIN 1950s: diminutive of wasp from wasp waist .

 

waspish

wasp ish |ˈwäspiSH ˈwɑspɪʃ | ▶adjective readily expressing anger or irritation: he had a waspish tongue. DERIVATIVES wasp ish ly adverb, wasp ish ness noun

 

wasp waist

wasp waist ▶noun a very narrow or tightly corseted waist. DERIVATIVES wasp-waist ed adjective

 

Oxford Dictionary

Wasp

Wasp |wɒsp |(also WASP ) ▶noun N. Amer. an upper- or middle-class American white Protestant, considered to be a member of the most powerful group in society. DERIVATIVES Waspish adjective, Waspy adjective ( Waspier, Waspiest ) ORIGIN 1960s: acronym from white Anglo-Saxon Protestant .

 

wasp

wasp |wɒsp | ▶noun 1 a social winged insect which has a narrow waist and a sting and is typically yellow with black stripes. It constructs a paper nest from wood pulp and raises the larvae on a diet of insects. ●Family Vespidae, superfamily Vespoidea, order Hymenoptera: several genera, in particular Vespula and Polistes. 2 a solitary winged insect with a narrow waist, mostly distantly related to the social wasps and including many parasitic kinds. ●Several superfamilies in the sections Aculeata (digger, mason, and potter wasps ) and Parasitica (parasitic wasps and gall wasps ), order Hymenoptera. DERIVATIVES wasp-like adjective ORIGIN Old English wæfs, wæps, wæsp, of West Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vespa; perhaps related to weave 1 (from the web-like form of its nest ).

 

wasp beetle

wasp bee ¦tle ▶noun a black and yellow longhorn beetle that mimics the appearance and behaviour of a wasp. ●Clytus arietis, family Cerambycidae.

 

waspie

waspie |ˈwɒspi | ▶noun ( pl. waspies ) a woman's corset or belt designed to accentuate a slender waist. ORIGIN 1950s: diminutive of wasp from wasp waist .

 

waspish

wasp |ish |ˈwɒspɪʃ | ▶adjective readily expressing anger or irritation: he had a waspish tongue. DERIVATIVES waspishly adverb, waspishness noun

 

wasp waist

wasp waist ▶noun a very narrow or tightly corseted waist. DERIVATIVES wasp-waisted adjective

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

waspish

waspish adjective he's a waspish old geezer: irritable, touchy, testy, cross, snappish, cantankerous, splenetic, short-tempered, bad-tempered, moody, ornery, crotchety, crabby; informal grouchy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

waspish

waspish adjective she sounded waspish and impatient: irritable, touchy, testy, irascible, cross, snappish, cantankerous, splenetic, short-tempered, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, foul-tempered, moody, crabbed, crotchety, grumpy, huffy, ratty, petulant, peevish, querulous, angry, sharp; informal grouchy; N. English informal mardy.

 

Spanish Dictionary

wasp

wasp nombre común En Estados Unidos, persona de origen anglosajón y de religión protestante .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del inglés de EE. UU. , white anglo-saxon protestant , formado con las siglas de w (hite ) a (nglo )-s (axon ) p (rotestant ), 'blanco anglosajón protestante' .Se pronuncia 'úasp'. El plural es wasps .

 

Sanseido Dictionary

WASP

WASP 〖 White Anglo-Saxon Protestant 〗 →ワスプ

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

WASP

WASP Wasp /wɑsp |wɔsp /〖W hite A nglo- S axon P rotestant 〗名詞 C ｟通例けなして ｠(米国の )アングロサクソン系白人新教徒, ワスプ 〘米国社会の支配階級を成すといわれる白人中流階級 〙.

 

wasp

wasp /wɑsp |wɔsp /名詞 C 1 〘虫 〙ジガバチ, スズメバチ .2 怒りっぽい人 ; 気難しい人 .

 

waspish

wasp ish /wɑ́spɪʃ |wɔ́sp -/形容詞 1 〈発言 ユーモアなどが 〉刺すような ; 怒りを含んだ .2 スズメバチのような ; 腰のくびれた .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞