caterpillar

英 [ˈkætəpɪlə(r)]

美 [ˈkætərpɪlər]

n. 毛虫，蠋(蝴蝶或蛾的幼虫)

Collins.1 / BNC.10524 / COCA.13163

牛津词典

noun

毛虫，蠋（蝴蝶或蛾的幼虫）
a small creature like a worm with legs, that develops into a butterfly or moth (= flying insects with large, sometimes brightly coloured, wings). Caterpillars eat the leaves of plants.

毛虫
Acaterpillaris a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or moth.

noun

a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

You are this caterpillar now;
你们现在就是这只毛毛虫；
The fractured caterpillar board of high manganese cast steel was analyzed for chemical composition, fracture and microstructure.
对断裂的高锰钢履带板进行了化学成分、断口和金相分析。
We have an advantage in vine-cell engineering and artificial cultivation of Chinese caterpillar fungus.
细胞工程和人工培养全虫草是我们的优势。
` Not a bit, 'said the Caterpillar.
一点也不。毛毛虫说。
Where are you, Caterpillar?
你在哪儿，小毛毛虫？
That is not said right,'said the Caterpillar.
这是不正确的说，'毛毛虫说。
The Caterpillar was the first to speak.'What size do you want to be?
毛毛虫首先开腔了：你想变成多么大小呢？
The little bird is in love, the ants live together, the fly is pregnant, and the mosquito has a miscarriage, the butterfly divorces, the caterpillar remarries.
小鸟恋爱了，蚂蚁同居了，苍蝇怀孕了，蚊子流产了，蝴蝶离婚了，毛毛虫子改嫁了。
'I don't know,'said the Caterpillar.
我不懂，毛虫说。
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。