moth

英 [mɒθ]

美 [mɔːθ]

n.  蛾; 飞蛾

复数：moths　

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牛津词典

noun

• 蛾；飞蛾
  a flying insect with a long thin body and four large wings, like a butterfly , but less brightly coloured. Moths fly mainly at night and are attracted to bright lights.

柯林斯词典

• 蛾;飞蛾
  Amothis an insect like a butterfly which usually flies about at night.

英英释义

noun

• typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae

双语例句

• Noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying esp. grass and grain.
  夜蛾的幼虫，成大群行动，特别破坏草地和谷类。
• Small brown-and_white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees.
  褐色和白色的欧洲小蛾子，引入美国东部；是各种遮荫树和果树的害虫。
• The wood ants have missed their chance to catch the adult moth.
  林蚁错过了捕捉成年飞蛾的机会。
• Small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants.
  在茶叶和咖啡等植物上滋生的印度小蛾。
• No, it's much more beautiful than that. that's a moth cocoon.
  不，比那个要美许多，是个飞蛾的茧。
• Green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees.
  尺蠖蛾的绿色的毛虫；破坏多种果树和遮荫树。
• A butterfly must not be confused with a moth.
  不得将蝴蝶和飞蛾混同起来。
• She saw the occasional glimmer of a moth's wings.
  她看见蛾子的翅膀偶尔会泛光。
• A variety of moth that spins a web in which it lives.
  蛾子的一个变种，在其生命期中吐丝结网。
• I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.
  我看着飞蛾爬到灯罩外面。