ant

[US]/ænt/
[UK]/ænt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. lille insekt, arbejdsmyre
Word Forms
Pluralants
Past Tenseanted
Present Participleanting

Phrases & Collocations

colony of ants

måske myrekoloni

ant hill

myretue

fire ant

ildmyre

Example Sentences

The ant is a social insect.

Myren er et socialt insekt.

This is an ants' nest.

Dette er et myrebo.

Ants are social insects.

Myrer er sociale insekter.

an armada of ants crossing the lawn.

En armada af myrer krydser græsplænen.

The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.

Disse små myrs flid er vidunderlig at se.

A swarm of ants are moving busily.

En sværm af myrer er i gang med at flytte sig travlt.

They anted up 100, 000 yuan to build a museum.

De bidrog med 100.000 yuan til at bygge et museum.

It does not eat the ant or the katydid.

Den spiser ikke myren eller græshoppen.

Some ants eject formic acid when irritated.

Nogle myrer sprøjter med myresyre, når de er irriterede.

Better work as hard as an ant than lead a parasitic life as a sparrow.

Det er bedre at arbejde så hårdt som en myre end at leve et parasitisk liv som en spurv.

The ant is the most industrious animal; however, it is the most taciturn one.

Myren er det mest flittige dyr; dog er det det mest tavse.

The little ant walked in front of the chilopod in the field .

Den lille myre gik foran tusindbenet i marken.

The ants have cornered the rustler and are attacking it.

Myrerne har hjørnet tyven og angriber den.

A bit of mould is a pleiad of flowers;a nebula is an ant-hill of stars.

En smule mug er en stjernebillede af blomster; en tåge er et myrehul af stjerner.

Vital, postindustrial paradigms are hidden in every jungly ant hill.

Vitale, postindustrielle paradigmer er skjult i hver eneste myretue.

One ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke.

Et myrehul kan forårsage sammenbruddet af en tusind-li dige.

he anted up $925,000 of his own money.

Han bidrog med 925.000 dollars af sine egne penge.

Here, two leafcutter ants dismantle a leaf in Peru's Manu National Forest.

Her afmonterer to bladecutter-myrer et blad i Peru's Manu National Park.

She had ants in her pants ever since she won that ticket to Bermuda.

Hun havde sommerfugle i maven, lige siden hun vandt den billet til Bermuda.

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