wasp
part of speech
noun (a wasp, wasps)
meaning for a pupil
1) A wasp is a flying insect with a thin waist and yellow and black stripes; it can sting. tree →
2) Wasps live in nests (often made from chewed wood that looks like paper) and many of them live together in a colony. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science wasps are insects (six legs, three body parts); they eat other insects and help control pests, and some help pollinate flowers. Unlike a honeybee, a wasp can sting more than once. In safety lessons: stay calm and move away slowly, don't flap or swat, don't drink from a can left outside, and tell an adult about a nest; if someone is allergic, a sting can be an emergency. Phrases: wasp sting, wasps' nest, a swarm of wasps.
examples
- A wasp landed on my sandwich. tree →
- Stay calm and walk away slowly from a wasp. tree →
- Don't poke a wasps' nest. tree →
- Wasps can sting more than once. tree →
- Check your drink can for wasps before you sip in summer. tree →
- My arm swelled after a wasp sting. tree →
- Wasps make nests out of chewed wood. tree →
- Wasps help gardens by eating caterpillars and flies. tree →
- Now Gopani-Kufa had a wasp called Zengi-mizi. tree →
note
Countable: wasps. Wasps and bees are different: bees are usually furry and rounder; wasps are smooth and shiny with a thin waist. Myth: wasps do not sting for no reason; they sting when they feel threatened. If someone's face or throat swells after a sting, call emergency help.
In the corpora
- A hoverfly has one pair of wings and can hover still in the air, while a wasp has two pairs.
- Like every insect, a bee or a wasp has six legs, two antennae and two pairs of wings.
- In many glass frogs the father guards the eggs on a leaf, keeping them wet and safe from wasps.
- Bees and wasps sting mainly to defend themselves and their nest.
- Swatting at a bee or wasp makes a sting more likely.
Trees and pragmatics
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