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

• Moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars.
  其幼虫为帐篷毛虫的蛾子。
• As the caterpillars feed on crops, their waste pollutes waterways and drinking wells.
  当毛虫啃噬庄稼时，它们的排泄物就污染了（灌溉）水道和饮用水井。
• 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。
• If colored caterpillars could change their colors could they keep their colored coat colored properly?
  如果有色毛毛虫可以变颜色，它们能够保持皮毛的颜色适宜吗？
• The chicks/ caterpillars/ grubs have hatched (` out).
  小鸡[毛虫/小蛆]孵出来了。
• 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。
• 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。
• In case you are wondering, caterpillars taste like the green leaves they eat, and ants taste of lemon.
  假如你对它们的味道感到好奇，我会告诉你，毛虫的味道就像它们所吃的树叶，而蚂蚁的味道像柠檬。
• 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；
• 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。