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

• 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。
• The little bird is in love, the ants live together, the fly is pregnant, and the mosquito has a miscarriage, the butterfly divorces, the caterpillar remarries.
  小鸟恋爱了，蚂蚁同居了，苍蝇怀孕了，蚊子流产了，蝴蝶离婚了，毛毛虫子改嫁了。
• 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。
• The Duck with Chinese Caterpillar Fungus?
  虫草鸭子？那是一种保健食品，对吧？
• Picture five: I can see a white caterpillar.
  图五：我可以看到一只毛虫。
• 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。
• I know it would be a mistake for Caterpillar workers to do that.
  我知道这将是一个错误的毛虫工作者去做。
• This is my own "the very hungry caterpillar".
  这是属于我自己的好饿好饿的毛毛虫。
• Green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees.
  尺蠖蛾的绿色的毛虫；破坏多种果树和遮荫树。
• After a few weeks, the caterpillar emerges from its cocoon.
  几周之之后，毛虫从茧里面出来了。