caterpillar
英 [ˈkætəpɪlə(r)]
美 [ˈkætərpɪlər]
n. 毛虫，蠋(蝴蝶或蛾的幼虫)
复数：caterpillars
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
- He was a big, fat caterpillar.
它是一条胖嘟嘟的大毛虫了。 - A caterpillar changed into a butterfly.
毛虫变成了蝴蝶。 - 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。 - A caterpillar is the larva of a butterfly.
毛虫是蝴蝶的幼体。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - You are this caterpillar now;
你们现在就是这只毛毛虫； - 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's dream to fly.
一个梦想飞翔的毛虫。