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

• The caterpillars feed on a wide range of trees, shrubs and plants
  毛虫以各类树木、灌木和植物为食。
• 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。
• Caterpillars turned into butterflies.
  毛虫会变成蝴蝶。
• Daniel: Hurry up! Hurry up! What lovely caterpillars are over there!
  丹尼尔：快点！快点！看那边的毛毛虫多可爱啊！
• 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。
• 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；
• The caterpillars tunnel into the fruit to grow and mature.
  毛虫钻入果实，并在其中生长为成虫。
• The caterpillars feed in large colonies.
  毛毛虫总是成群进食。
• Caterpillars change into butterflies or moths.
  毛虫能变成蝴蝶或蛾子。
• 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？