名詞 ant:

1. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
   同義詞：emmet, pismire

1. A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony's young.
   工蟻，工蜂喂養(yǎng)和照料共生蟻群或共生蜂群幼蟲的工蟻或工蜂
2. The proverb tells us to emulate the industry of the ant.
   這格言告訴我們要效法螞蟻的勤勉。
3. He was a soft-hearted man. He wouldn't hurt an ant.
   他是一個軟心腸的人，連一個螞蟻都不愿傷害。
4. There is a clear division of labor in ants.
   螞蟻間有明確的分工。

ant

n.（名詞）
Any of various social insects of the family Formicidae, characteristically having wings only in the males and fertile females and living in colonies that have a complex social organization.
螞蟻：一種群體生活的蟻科昆蟲，特征為只有雄蟻和生殖力強的雌蟻有蟻翅，生活在具有復(fù)雜群體組織的群落中

<習慣用語>ants in (one`s) pants【俚語】
A state of restless impatience:
焦躁不安：
例句：
.She`s got ants in her pants.(Bobbie Ann Mason)
.她焦躁不安.(鮑比·安·梅森)

來源：
Middle English amte
中古英語 amte
from Old English ômete
源自 古英語 ômete