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。
• I am a little caterpillar.
  我是一条小毛毛虫。
• 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。
• That is not said right,'said the Caterpillar.
  这是不正确的说，'毛毛虫说。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• This paper presents the application of fuzzy logic control with a caterpillar track robot.
  介绍了模糊控制在履带式行走机器人实时控制中的应用。