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

• Other people uninterested in the sermon found relief in the beetle, and they eyed it too.
  其他的人对牧师的布道也不感兴趣，就拿这只甲虫来解闷，他们也盯着它看。
• He saw a shiny green beetle on a leaf.
  我看见树叶上有一只闪闪发光的绿色甲虫。
• 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。
• 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。
• Scientists in Germany who study biomaterials have now figured out how the beetle does it.
  在德国研究生物材料的科学家们现在已经弄明白了甲虫是怎样做的。
• A firefly is a type of beetle.
  萤火虫是一种甲虫。
• Life's less serious when you drive the New Beetle.
  当你驾驶着新甲壳虫，生活变的轻松多了。
• He spied the beetle; and dropping tail lifted and wagged.
  它一眼发现了这只甲虫；它那垂着的尾巴就举起来摇摆着。
• Large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees.
  其幼虫在松树中钻洞穴居的大甲虫。