英语词汇the buffalo gnat的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	the buffalo gnat
词源	the buffalo gnat. “The most detestable thing in creation,” one American pioneer traveling West called this vicious pest. “Before you are conscious of its presence, it has bitten your face, ears and neck in 10,000 places. My face at one time had the appearance of one with smallpox, my eyes were swollen up so much that I could hardly see, and my ears as thick as my hand.”
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