SOLITARY WASP

Meaning of SOLITARY WASP in English

any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community. Cf. social wasp .

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SOLITARY WASP — noun : any of numerous wasps (as the mud wasps and sand wasps) that do not live in colonies
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WASP — or Wasp noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: white Anglo-Saxon Protestant Date: 1957 an American of Northern European and especially British …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WASP — I. ˈwäsp, ˈwȯsp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæfs, wæsp; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOLITARY — I. ˈsäləˌterē, -ri adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin solitarius, from solitas aloneness (from solus alone …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOLITARY — (a.) Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.
Английский словарь Webster
SOLITARY — (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the …
Английский словарь Webster
SOLITARY — (a.) ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.
Английский словарь Webster
SOLITARY — (a.) Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
Английский словарь Webster
SOLITARY — ( a. ) Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOLITARY — ( a. ) Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOLITARY — ( a. ) ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WASP — /wosp/ , Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. n. 1. a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. 2. a member of the privileged, established white …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOLITARY — — solitarily , adv. — solitariness , n. /sol"i ter'ee/ , adj., n., pl. solitaries . adj. 1. alone; without …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WASP — see WASP
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOLITARY — I. ˈsä-lə-ˌter-ē adjective Etymology: Middle English, solitarie, from Anglo-French, from Latin solitarius, from solitas aloneness, from solus alone Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP — or Wasp ˈwäsp, ˈwȯsp Usage: often attributive Etymology: w hite A nglo- S axon P rotestant Date: 1957 sometimes disparaging …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP — noun Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæsp; akin to Old High German wafsa wasp, Latin vespa wasp …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOLITARY — adj not associated with others of the same kind. 2. solitary ·noun one who lives alone, or in solitude; an …
Webster English vocab
WASP — (also WASP ) ■ noun N. Amer. an upper- or middle-class North American white Protestant, regarded as a member of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WASP — [wasp] n [ME waspe, fr. OE waeps, waesp; akin to OHG wafsa wasp, L vespa wasp] (bef. 12c) 1: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOLITARY — [sol.i.tary] adj [ME, fr. L solitarius, fr. solitas aloneness, fr. solus alone] (14c) 1 a: being, living, or going alone …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WASP — any stinging member (formerly called Aculeata) of the insect suborder Apocrita (order Hymenoptera), other than bees and ants, as well …
Britannica English vocabulary
WASP — wasp, WASP, Wasp BrE AmE wɒsp AmE wɑːsp ▷ wasps, WASPs, Wasps wɒsps AmE wɑːsps
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WASP — / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun a black and yellow flying insect that can sting : a wasp sting a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — ➡ Wasp
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — (also WASP ) / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun ( especially NAmE , usually disapproving ) the abbreviation for 'White …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOLITARY — / ˈsɒlətri; NAmE ˈsɑːləteri/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. [ usually before noun ] done alone; without other people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — WASP /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] American English (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) an American whose family was originally …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASP — wasp /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wæps , wæsp ] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOLITARY — I. sol ‧ i ‧ ta ‧ ry 1 /ˈsɒlət ə ri, ˈsɒlɪt ə ri $ ˈsɑːləteri/ BrE AmE adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASP — n. 1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOLITARY — adj. & n. --adj. 1 living alone; not gregarious; without companions; lonely (a solitary existence). 2 (of a place) secluded …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WASP — n. 1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOLITARY — adj. & n. adj. 1 living alone; not gregarious; without companions; lonely (a solitary existence). 2 (of a place) secluded …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WASP — n.1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black and …
Oxford English vocab
SOLITARY — adj. & n. --adj. 1. living alone; not gregarious; without companions; lonely (a solitary existence). 2 (of a place) secluded …
Oxford English vocab
WASP — ( WASPs) WASP is used to refer to the people in American society whose ancestors came from northern Europe, especially …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOLITARY — 1. A person or animal that is solitary spends a lot of time alone. Paul was a shy, pleasant, solitary …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had long sympathized with liberal causes and felt uncomfortable at the privileges his WASP …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASP — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a wasps'/hornets' nest ▪ a wasps' nest in the attic EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Adult …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOLITARY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a lonely/solitary existence (= without anyone else with you ) ▪ Male bears live …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASP — (INSECT) [noun] [C] - a black and yellow flying insect which can sting youKeep still - there's a wasp near …
Cambridge English vocab
SOLITARY — [adjective] - being the only one, or not being with other similar things, often by choiceInjury denied the runner the …
Cambridge English vocab
WASP — (PERSON), Wasp [noun] [C] [esp. US] [disapproving] - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (= a white American whose family originally came from …
Cambridge English vocab
WASP — noun WASP + VERB ▪ crawl , fly ▪ sting sb ▪ buzz WASP + NOUN ▪ sting ▪ nest …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SOLITARY — n. 25B6; adjective a solitary life : LONELY, companionless, unaccompanied, by oneself, on one's own, alone, friendless; antisocial, unsociable, withdrawn, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOLITARY — adj. 1 lone, single, sole, individual; unattended, solo, companionless, friendless, lonesome, lonely, unsocial, cloistered, secluded, reclusive, separate, eremitic(al), hermitic(al), remote, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WASP — White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Don's a WASP and I'm a WASP, but we have different beliefs.
English Idioms vocab
WASP — White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Don's a WASP and I'm a WASP, but we have different beliefs.
English Idioms vocabulary
SOLITARY — 1. прил. 1) одинокий; уединенный a solitary life ≈ уединенная жизнь Syn : secluded, retired, lonely 2) единичный, единственный, одиночный, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASP — wasp.ogg wɒsp n зоол. оса ( Vespoidae ) wasp s' nest, nest of wasps - осиное гнездо, скопище врагов
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOLITARY — solitary.ogg 1. ʹsɒlıt(ə)rı n 1. 1> отшельник, пустынник 2> человек, любящий уединение, анахорет 2. одиночное заключение 3. разг. кит-одиночка 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WASP — I wasp сокр. от White Anglo-Saxon Protestant"белая кость" ("истинный американец", "американская аристократия"; американцы англо-саксонского происхождения и протестантского вероисповедания считали себя …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SOLITARY — 1. ʹsɒlıt(ə)rı n 1. 1> отшельник, пустынник 2> человек, любящий уединение, анахорет 2. одиночное заключение 3. разг. кит-одиночка 2. ʹsɒlıt(ə)rı …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SOLITARY — 1. прил. 1) а) одинокий ( без товарищей, спутников и т. п. ) a solitary passer-by — одинокий прохожий solitary …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WASP — I wasp.wav сокр. от White Anglo-Saxon Protestant "белая кость" ("истинный американец", "американская аристократия"; американцы англо-саксонского происхождения и протестантского вероисповедания считали себя и …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SOLITARY — 1. прил. 1) а) одинокий (без товарищей, спутников и т. п.) a solitary passer-by — одинокий прохожий solitary confinement — одиночное заключение Syn: sole III б) одинокий; …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WASP — 1) оса (Vespa); pl настоящие осы (Vespidae), pl складчатокрылые осы (Vespidae) 2) pl роющие осы (Sphecidae) • - agaontid wasps - aphid wasps - bedeguar …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WASP — 1) оса ( Vespa ) ; pl настоящие осы ( Vespidae ) , pl складчатокрылые осы ( Vespidae ) 2) …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SOLITARY — 1. _a. 1> одинокий; уединенный; a solitary life - уединенная жизнь 2> единичный, отдельный; solitary instance - единичный случай; solitary …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SOLITARY — 1. a. 1. одинокий; уединенный; a solitary life - уединенная жизнь 2. единичный, отдельный; solitary instance - единичный случай; solitary …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SOLITARY — 1. _a. 1> одинокий; уединённый; a solitary life уединённая жизнь 2> единичный, отдельный; solitary instance единичный случай; solitary confinement одиночное …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SOLITARY — 1. прил. 1) одинокий; уединенный a solitary life ≈ уединенная жизнь Syn : secluded, retired, lonely 2) единичный, единственный, одиночный, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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