flypaper

英 ['flaɪpeɪpə(r)]
  • n. 捕蝇纸;粘蝇纸
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flypaper 捕蝇纸

fly, 苍蝇。paper, 纸。

flypaper (n.)
also fly-paper, 1851 (the thing itself is said to have become commonly available in London in 1848), from fly (n.1) + paper (n.).
1. It'stuck firmly in his consciousness like a piece of sticky flypaper.
那张呈文,牢牢地贴在他意识里,像张粘苍蝇的胶纸.

来自汉英文学 - 围城