beetle

英 [ˈbiːtl]

美 [ˈbiːtl]

n.  甲虫; “甲壳虫”小汽车(一款大众牌小汽车的英语名)
v.  快速移动

复数：beetles　现在分词：beetling　过去式：beetled　第三人称单数：beetles　过去分词：beetled　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8094 / COCA.7196

牛津词典

noun

• 甲虫
  an insect, often large and black, with a hard case on its back, covering its wings. There are several types of beetle .
• “甲壳虫”小汽车（一款大众牌小汽车的英语名）
  the English name for the original Volkswagen small car with a round shape at the front and the back

verb

• 快速移动
  to move somewhere quickly
  1. I last saw him beetling off down the road.
     我上次见到他时，他正快步沿路而去。

柯林斯词典

• 甲虫
  Abeetleis an insect with a hard covering to its body.

英英释义

noun

• insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
• a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden)
  Synonym:mallet

verb

• beat with a beetle
• fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
  1. He beetled up the staircase
  2. They beetled off home
• be suspended over or hang over
  1. This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town
  Synonym:overhang

adj

• jutting or overhanging
  1. beetle brows
  Synonym:beetling

双语例句

• A firefly is a type of beetle.
  萤火虫是一种甲虫。
• Brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems.
  颜色鲜艳的甲虫，以植物的叶子为食；幼虫在树根和树干上滋生。
• The Asian lady beetle eats aphids that damage crops like soybeans, fruits and berries.
  亚洲甲虫吃掉了破坏庄稼的蚜虫，比如大豆，水果和草莓等。
• It does seem as if he's learnt his lesson,@ added the beetle.
  “他看起来好像已经从中吸取到教训了，”甲虫接着说道。
• Unlike baby komodos, the potato beetle's feces are actually poisonous to predators.
  但是，与科莫多巨蜥幼蜥不同的是，薯虫的粪便对敌人来说是有毒的。
• The microorganism controls development of larvae, but destruction of the adult beetle requires chemical insecticides.
  这种微生物能控制幼虫生长，但是要杀死成年甲虫还需要化学杀虫剂。
• Small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils.
  在树皮和树木上打洞的小甲虫；与象鼻虫有关。
• I, said the Beetle, With my thread and needle, I make the shroud.
  我来，甲虫说，我将为他做寿衣，用我的针和线。
• Predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects.
  黑亮或有金属光泽的食肉陆栖甲虫，它能杀死多种有害昆虫。
• This beetle eats mainly the germ of the grain.
  这种甲虫要吃谷物的胚芽。