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

• The CIA also approved exploiting one detainee's fear of insects by putting caterpillars in the box with him.
  CIA还被授权对被拘留者采用昆虫恐惧症，让他和毛毛虫呆在一个盒子里；
• Daniel: Hurry up! Hurry up! What lovely caterpillars are over there!
  丹尼尔：快点！快点！看那边的毛毛虫多可爱啊！
• Caterpillars really freak me out, especially they have fuzzes.
  我真的很讨厌毛毛虫，尤其是有毛的那种。
• The Saturday Caterpillars have now finished the Bear books and are beginning to read other picture books.
  周六的毛毛虫班已完成了比尔熊系列书，准备开始读其他的绘本了。
• Silk moths lay several hundred eggs, and the tiny caterpillars that emerge eat nothing but mulberry leaves.
  蚕蛾可以产下好几百个卵，然后孵出蚕宝宝，他们只吃桑叶。
• Medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars.
  中等体型有毛的蛾子；幼虫为垂片毛虫。
• The caterpillars feed in large colonies.
  毛毛虫总是成群进食。
• The caterpillars feed on a wide range of trees, shrubs and plants
  毛虫以各类树木、灌木和植物为食。
• What lovely caterpillars are over there!
  看那边的毛毛虫多可爱啊！
• 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。