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

• If you can tell me the fate of Cecil the caterpillar, I will go out with you.
  如果你能说出毛虫西塞尔的命运，我就和你约会。
• 'Not a bit,'said the Caterpillar.
  “我瞧不出。”毛毛虫说。
• I used to watch the whole process from caterpillar to chrysalis and then to butterfly.
  我通常观察蝴蝶的整个生命过程&从毛虫变成蛹再变成蝴蝶。
• A caterpillar's dream to fly.
  一个梦想飞翔的毛虫。
• A caterpillar changed into a butterfly.
  毛虫变成了蝴蝶。
• You are this caterpillar now;
  你们现在就是这只毛毛虫；
• The fractured caterpillar board of high manganese cast steel was analyzed for chemical composition, fracture and microstructure.
  对断裂的高锰钢履带板进行了化学成分、断口和金相分析。
• 'I don't know,'said the Caterpillar.
  我不懂，毛虫说。
• This is my own "the very hungry caterpillar".
  这是属于我自己的好饿好饿的毛毛虫。
• One day, second only to Caterpillar also climb under the apple tree.
  一天，第二只毛虫也在苹果树下爬。