late 15c., probably an unexplained variant of Middle English maeek, from Old English maea "maggot, grub," from Proto-Germanic *mathon (cognates: Old Norse maekr, Old Saxon matho, Middle Dutch, Dutch made, Old High German mado, German Made, Gothic mata "maggot"). Figurative use "whim, fancy, crotchet" is 1620s, from the notion of a maggot in the brain.
例文
1. The rattailed maggot , for example, possesses a'snorklelike " telescopic air tube.
例えば長いウジには「通気管」のような伸縮吸気管がある.
2.He 's got some maggot in his head.
彼は非を考えている。
3.I never use a single worm on the hook,preferring a cocktail of worm and maggot .
私は釣り餌として1匹の虫を使うことはありません。虫とウジの混合物を使うのが好きです。
4.You 've been into Farmer Maggot 's crop!
また農夫馬嗄の畑に盗みに来た!
5.When the maggot bites,he will go fishing in the rain.