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　

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。

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

That beetle you squashed was my husband,@ she sobbed.
那只你压扁的甲虫是我的丈夫，她抽泣道。
Small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils.
在树皮和树木上打洞的小甲虫；与象鼻虫有关。
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。
A small, green beetle approached from the crowd.
一只小绿甲虫从昆虫群里挤了出来，来到我跟前。
A beetle was rolling a pellet of dried dung up the hill.
一只屎壳郎正在把一个干粪球往山上滚。
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。
Predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects.
黑亮或有金属光泽的食肉陆栖甲虫，它能杀死多种有害昆虫。
The adult beetle has silken hairs on its body.
甲壳虫的成虫身体上有柔软光滑的茸毛。
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。
Large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees.
其幼虫在松树中钻洞穴居的大甲虫。