caterpillar

英 [ˈkætəpɪlə(r)]

美 [ˈkætərpɪlər]

n. 毛虫，蠋(蝴蝶或蛾的幼虫)

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.

毛虫
Acaterpillaris a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or moth.

noun

a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

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。
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。
After a few weeks, the caterpillar emerges from its cocoon.
几周之之后，毛虫从茧里面出来了。
'Not a bit,'said the Caterpillar.
“我瞧不出。”毛毛虫说。
You are this caterpillar now;
你们现在就是这只毛毛虫；
Where are you, Caterpillar?
你在哪儿，小毛毛虫？
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。
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。
A caterpillar's dream to fly.
一个梦想飞翔的毛虫。