名詞 mantis:

1. predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
   同義詞：mantid

man.tis

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 man.tis.es 或 man.tes [-tôz]
Any of various predatory insects of the family Mantidae, primarily tropical but including a few Temperate Zone species, usually pale green and having two pairs of walking legs and powerful, grasping forelimbs. The mantis feeds on live insects, including others of its own kind.Also called mantid
螳螂：任一種螳螂科多種食肉昆蟲(chóng)，主要生活在熱帶 ，但也有一些生活于溫帶地區(qū) 。常為淺綠色，有兩對(duì)用來(lái)行走的腿和用來(lái)抓物的有力前肢。螳螂以其它活的昆蟲(chóng)為食，包括其家族的其它成員也作 mantid

來(lái)源：
Greek mantis [seer] * see men-
希臘語(yǔ) mantis [預(yù)言家] *參見(jiàn) men-

<注釋>The female mantis has the habit of eating the male after mating.In spite of such behaviorthe mantis is graced with a religious name.Mantis is from the Greek word mantis, meaning .prophet, seer..The Greeks, who made the connection between the upraised front legs of a mantis waiting for its prey and the hands of a prophet in prayer,used the namemantis to mean .the praying mantis.. This word and sense were picked up in Modern Latin and from there came into English,being first recorded in '58.Once we know the origin of the termmantis, we realize that the species namespraying mantis and Mantis religiosa are a bit redundant. Two other names of this sort that have been used for mantises arepraying locust and orator mantis. To understand the latter,we must keep in mind the obsolete sense oforator, .one who makes a prayer or petition..
雌性螳螂習(xí)慣于在交配后吃掉雄性螳螂。盡管存在著這種行為，螳螂還是被賦予了一個(gè)具有宗教色彩的名字。Mantis 來(lái)源于希臘語(yǔ) mantis 一詞， 意為.先知，預(yù)言家.。希臘人把螳螂捕食前高舉的前肢與預(yù)言家禱告時(shí)的雙手聯(lián)系起來(lái)，用mantis 一詞來(lái)表示.祈禱的預(yù)言家.。 現(xiàn)代拉丁語(yǔ)吸收了這個(gè)詞及其意義，英語(yǔ)又從拉丁語(yǔ)中吸取了該詞，最早記載見(jiàn)于'58年。我們既然知道了mantis 的來(lái)源， 就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)其屬種名praying mantis 和 Mantis religiosa 略有重復(fù)。 用來(lái)表示螳螂的其它類(lèi)似名稱(chēng)還有praying locust 和 orator mantis。 要想弄清楚后者，我們必須想到orator 一詞的過(guò)時(shí)的意思.做禱告或祈求的人.