葱蓟马

蔥薊馬
cōngjìmǎ
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 onion thrips (Thrips tabaci)
  2. 2 a small insect pest of onions, garlic and other crops

Examples

HSK 7-9
Cōngjìmǎ shì dàcōng tiánlǐ chángjiàn de hàichóng.
Onion thrips are a common pest in scallion fields.
HSK 7-9
Nóngmín yòng huángsè zhān bǎn jiāncè cōngjìmǎ de shùliàng.
Farmers use yellow sticky traps to monitor onion thrips populations.

Tips

usage
Named for its favored host ( onion) plus 蓟马 the generic term for thrips, order Thysanoptera. Thrips are tiny (1-2 mm) but damaging: they rasp leaves and spread tospoviruses.

Stroke Order

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