名詞 earwig:

1. any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen

ear.wig

n.（名詞）
Any of various elongate insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of pincerlike appendages protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
蠼螋：任一種革翅目的細長昆蟲，長有一對從腹部后方伸出鉗狀附肢
v.tr.（及物動詞）
ear.wigged,ear.wig.ging,ear.wigs
To attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.
慫恿：不斷地進行機密的討論或談話以企圖施加影響

來源：
Middle English erwig
中古英語 erwig
from Old English ôarwicga
源自 古英語 ôarwicga
ôare [ear] * see ear
ôare [耳] *參見 ear
wicga [insect] * see wegh-
wicga [昆蟲] *參見 wegh-

<注釋>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.
大約在5世紀初期，有一本盎格魯·諾曼的課本提到大象很小心地保護它們的耳朵，以防蒼蠅和蠼螋。民間傳說講，蠼螋會通過耳朵進入大腦，大象防范這些昆蟲是很有理由的。但是蠼螋喜歡吃花朵、水果及一些小昆蟲，而不是大腦組織。然而民間傳說卻產(chǎn)生了這種昆蟲的名字，當時是由古英語詞eare ，即我們的 ear 的古英語詞源及可能和現(xiàn)代詞 wiggle 有關(guān)的意為.昆蟲.的 wicga 組成的