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

• And we saw venomous caterpillars.
  而我们看见了有毒的毛毛虫。
• 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；
• Moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars.
  其幼虫为帐篷毛虫的蛾子。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Well, caterpillars don't have to imagine-they take such drastic steps every day.
  毛毛虫可就不用费尽脑汁来想像了它们每天都是迈着这么激烈的步伐前进的！
• The chicks/ caterpillars/ grubs have hatched (` out).
  小鸡[毛虫/小蛆]孵出来了。
• Bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects.
  有刚毛的苍蝇，其幼虫寄生在毛虫或其它昆虫的身上；在控制有害昆虫方面很重要。
• They exposed a population of hosts ( caterpillars) to both variants.
  他们将一群宿主（毛毛虫）同时暴露于两个病毒变种。