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

Cōngjìmǎ shì dàcōng tiánlǐ chángjiàn de hàichóng.
Onion thrips are a common pest in scallion fields.
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 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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