"parasitic insect infecting human hair and skin," Old English lus, from Proto-Germanic *lus (cognates: Old Norse lus, Middle Dutch luus, Dutch luis, Old High German lus, German Laus), from PIE *lus- "louse" (cognates: Welsh lleuen "louse"). Slang meaning "obnoxious person" is from 1630s. The plural lice (Old English lys) shows effects of i-mutation. The verb meaning "to clear of lice" is from late 14c.; to louse up "ruin, botch" first attested 1934, from the literal sense (of bedding), from 1931. Grose ["Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1785] has louse ladder "A stitch fallen in a stocking."
雙語例句
1. Always she feared lest some louse had escaped her.
她總是害怕有個虱子逃過了他的懲處.
來自飄（部分）
2. Or a whale, a louse, a rat, a fly?
或者一只鯨魚 、 一只虱子 、 一條狗 、 或一只蒼蠅又會 如何 ?
來自互聯網
3. The carpenter up the joints of the table which had become louse.
木匠用螺絲釘把桌子上松動的木榫頭固定.
來自互聯網
4. A mouse and a louse are living in the house.
一只老鼠和一只虱子生活在一間房子里.
來自互聯網
5. A NEW SPECIES OF SUCKING LOUSE FROM GRICRTULUS LONGICAUDATUS MILNE - EDWARDS ( ANOPLURA: POLYPLACIDAE )