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词汇 flywire
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Definition of flywire in English:

flywire

nounˈflʌɪwʌɪə
mass nounAustralian, NZ

  • Fine wire mesh designed to keep out flying insects.

    mosquitoes, combined with a shortage of flywire, upset the new arrivals
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I heard the dull thud of two feet coming over the wall, then the rattle of the flywire opening.
    • On the other side of the flywire there was something human in size and shape.
    • In a camp situation, any flywire-enclosed area was likely to be damaged in no time at all.
    • We reduced the main fire risk by covering ember entry points with metal flywire.
    • The dining rooms and the toilets were without flywire to protect them from flies.
    • She peers at me through the flywire.
    • A heavy object leaned against the door's flywire, forcing it outwards.
    • When I've smoked my cigarette I stub it on the flywire screen.
    • Seed was placed in the forest in flywire envelopes from January to April.
    • The bird disappeared through a gap in a flywire screen and flapped away.

Origin

Early 19th century: from fly2 + wire.
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