caterpillar

英 [ˈkætəpɪlə(r)]

美 [ˈkætərpɪlər]

n.  毛虫，蠋(蝴蝶或蛾的幼虫)

复数：caterpillars　

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Collins.1 / BNC.10524 / COCA.13163

牛津词典

noun

• 毛虫，蠋（蝴蝶或蛾的幼虫）
  a small creature like a worm with legs, that develops into a butterfly or moth (= flying insects with large, sometimes brightly coloured, wings). Caterpillars eat the leaves of plants.

柯林斯词典

• 毛虫
  Acaterpillaris a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or moth.

英英释义

noun

• a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

双语例句

• 'Not a bit,'said the Caterpillar.
  “我瞧不出。”毛毛虫说。
• We have an advantage in vine-cell engineering and artificial cultivation of Chinese caterpillar fungus.
  细胞工程和人工培养全虫草是我们的优势。
• And, we tell how one kind of caterpillar can trick another insect.
  最后我们会说说有一种毛毛虫如何欺骗另一种昆虫。
• ` Not a bit, 'said the Caterpillar.
  一点也不。毛毛虫说。
• Peculiarities in the silkworm are known to appear at the corresponding caterpillar or cocoon stage.
  蚕体的性状，亦限于相当的幼虫期或蛹期出现。
• The Caterpillar was the first to speak.'What size do you want to be?
  毛毛虫首先开腔了：你想变成多么大小呢？
• A caterpillar is the larva of a butterfly.
  毛虫是蝴蝶的幼体。
• This is my own "the very hungry caterpillar".
  这是属于我自己的好饿好饿的毛毛虫。
• Aw, someone's turningback into a caterpillar.
  哈某人变回毛毛虫了。
• Where are you, Caterpillar?
  你在哪儿，小毛毛虫？