He tells an amusing story of one dilemma into which his good-nature led him at this period: At Menlo Park one day, a farmer came in and asked if I knew any way to kill potato-bugs. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
All trees are protected by nature; some are protected from bugs eating their leaves, by other bugs eating up these bugs; other trees are protected by having a thorny or bristly bark. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
He would attempt to reproduce some of the little bugs that scrambled over the pages of his books. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
I sent men out and culled two quarts of bugs, and tried every chemical I had to destroy them. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Even the little bugs of the black book were familiar friends, though their arrangement meant nothing to him; but these bugs were new and unheard of. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
Beneath this picture the bugs appeared as: A BOY AND A DOG There they were, the three little bugs which always accompanied the little ape. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.