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

• 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。
• 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。
• Any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls.
  多种蛾子的毛虫，破坏棉荚。
• 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 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；
• Caterpillars change into butterflies or moths.
  毛虫能变成蝴蝶或蛾子。
• They said pregnant horses may have gotten the cyanide by eating the leaves from the cherry trees or the caterpillars.
  他们说怀孕的马匹有可能食用了樱桃树叶或毛虫而获得了***。
• The caterpillars feed in large colonies.
  毛毛虫总是成群进食。
• 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。