earwig

n. 蠼螋

动词过去式:earwigged 过去分词:earwigged 现在分词:earwigging 第三人称单数:earwigs 

ear.wig

n.（名词）
Any of various elongate insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of pincerlike appendages protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
蠼螋：任一种革翅目的细长昆虫，长有一对从腹部后方伸出钳状附肢
v.tr.（及物动词）
ear.wigged,ear.wig.ging,ear.wigs
To attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.
怂恿：不断地进行机密的讨论或谈话以企图施加影响

来源：
Middle English erwig
中古英语 erwig
from Old English ôarwicga
源自 古英语 ôarwicga
ôare [ear] * see ear
ôare [耳] *参见 ear
wicga [insect] * see wegh-
wicga [昆虫] *参见 wegh-

<注释>In an Anglo-Norman text written around the beginning of the 5th century we are told that elephants guard their ears diligently against flies and earwigs.Elephants have good cause to protect themselves against these insects if, as folklore has it, earwigs go through the ear into the head.The earwig, however, prefers to dine on things such as flowers, fruit, and small insectsrather than brain tissue.Folklore is responsible, though, for the insect`s name,which was formed in Old English fromôare, the Old English source of our word ear, and wicga, .insect,. a word presumably related to our word wiggle.
大约在5世纪初期，有一本盎格鲁·诺曼的课本提到大象很小心地保护它们的耳朵，以防苍蝇和蠼螋。民间传说讲，蠼螋会通过耳朵进入大脑，大象防范这些昆虫是很有理由的。但是蠼螋喜欢吃花朵、水果及一些小昆虫，而不是大脑组织。然而民间传说却产生了这种昆虫的名字，当时是由古英语词eare ，即我们的 ear 的古英语词源及可能和现代词 wiggle 有关的意为.昆虫.的 wicga 组成的