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

• D: Do you happen to keep caterpillars, perhaps the hook-tip moth?
  该不会你正好养了毛虫，或是钩翅蛾吧？
• 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；
• 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。
• As the caterpillars feed on crops, their waste pollutes waterways and drinking wells.
  当毛虫啃噬庄稼时，它们的排泄物就污染了（灌溉）水道和饮用水井。
• After a few days the caterpillars stopped feeding
  几天后毛虫停止进食。
• Medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars.
  中等体型有毛的蛾子；幼虫为垂片毛虫。
• 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。
• 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。
• Any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls.
  多种蛾子的毛虫，破坏棉荚。
• Infestations of these caterpillars may defoliate oaks and other hardwood trees but usually do no permanent damage.
  这些毛虫的侵扰可能使橡树落叶和其他树木的硬木树但通常都没有永久性损伤。