1.1mass nounA toxic preparation of the dried bodies of Spanish fly beetles, formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant and sometimes taken as an aphrodisiac.
斑蝥,芫菁(用此类昆虫干制成的毒剂)。亦称CANTHARIDES
Also called cantharides
Example sentencesExamples
What should have been a party ends up a limp loser that no amount of Spanish fly could enliven.
The show has not proven to be the small-screen equivalent of Spanish fly.
Definition of Spanish fly in US English:
Spanish fly
nounˈspænɪʃ flaɪˈspaniSH flī
1A bright green European blister beetle.
西班牙绿芫菁;斑蝥
Lytta vesicatoria, family Meloidae
1.1A toxic preparation of the dried bodies of Spanish fly beetles, formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant and sometimes taken as an aphrodisiac.
斑蝥,芫菁(用此类昆虫干制成的毒剂)。亦称CANTHARIDES
Also called cantharides
Example sentencesExamples
What should have been a party ends up a limp loser that no amount of Spanish fly could enliven.
The show has not proven to be the small-screen equivalent of Spanish fly.