white ant
noun [ C ]
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white ant 在英語-中文（繁體）詞典中的翻譯
white ant的例句
white ant
At first salmon gum and gimlet wood were used, although these attracted termites (locally known as white ants) and had to be replaced.
Extensive alterations were made to the church in 1919 due to damage caused by white ants.
I mention this particularly because books are perishable and can get eaten by white ants.
The planks in the decking and also girders are either eaten by. white ants or are crumbling with dry rot.
The troops are badly quartered at all placesin buildings either honeycombed by the white ants or threatening to fall in ruins.
It is a hard, heavy, durable timber, resistant to white ants, and is used for constructional work.
Total war is best fought by robots, by men with the training and outlook of white ants.
The term is derived from the action of termites (white ants) eating the inside of wooden building foundations, often leaving no outward evidence, until the structure crumbles.
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