caterpillars

英 [ˈkætəpɪləz]

美 [ˈkætəˌpɪlərz]

n.  毛虫，蠋(蝴蝶或蛾的幼虫)
caterpillar的复数

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.

双语例句

• But caterpillars that hatch on GM crops die, reducing the overall population of the pests in the area.
  但是在转基因玉米上孵化的幼虫会死亡，这就减少了该区域害虫的总数量。
• In case you are wondering, caterpillars taste like the green leaves they eat, and ants taste of lemon.
  假如你对它们的味道感到好奇，我会告诉你，毛虫的味道就像它们所吃的树叶，而蚂蚁的味道像柠檬。
• Bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects.
  有刚毛的苍蝇，其幼虫寄生在毛虫或其它昆虫的身上；在控制有害昆虫方面很重要。
• Medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars.
  中等体型有毛的蛾子；幼虫为垂片毛虫。
• In the real world, some caterpillars and plants engage in a deadly struggle for survival.
  在现实中，毛毛虫和植物为求生存而殊死搏斗，而全面战争肯定少不了化学武器。
• They said pregnant horses may have gotten the cyanide by eating the leaves from the cherry trees or the caterpillars.
  他们说怀孕的马匹有可能食用了樱桃树叶或毛虫而获得了氰化物。
• What lovely caterpillars are over there!
  看那边的毛毛虫多可爱啊！
• Some caterpillars grow into butterflies.
  有些毛毛虫生长成为蝴蝶。
• Any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls.
  多种蛾子的毛虫，破坏棉荚。
• Caterpillars change into butterflies or moths.
  毛虫能变成蝴蝶或蛾子。