caterpillar

Related topics: Insects

cat·er·pil·lar /ˈkætəˌpɪlə $ -tərˌpɪlər/ noun [countableC]

HBIa small creature like a worm with many legs that eats leaves and that develops into a butterfly or other flying insect 毛虫〔蝴蝶等昆虫的幼虫〕

Examples from the Corpus

caterpillar• Just as only a caterpillar can become a butterfly, the formal stage seems a necessary developmental step to the skilful stage.• In the Washington area, cabbages are vulnerable to two persistent pests: Aphids and cabbage moth caterpillars.• The old caterpillar skin peels back and falls away.• When I arrived at the page on caterpillars, again I read the bold headings.• It may take as long as a week for all the caterpillars to make their chrysalises.• As the wasp hovered near, the caterpillars suddenly started flailing from side to side.• The caterpillars can be picked off, but their coloring makes them difficult to see, especially when they are small.

词汇	caterpillar
释义	caterpillar Related topics: Insects cat·er·pil·lar /ˈkætəˌpɪlə $ -tərˌpɪlər/ noun [countableC] HBIa small creature like a worm with many legs that eats leaves and that develops into a butterfly or other flying insect 毛虫〔蝴蝶等昆虫的幼虫〕 Examples from the Corpus caterpillar• Just as only a caterpillar can become a butterfly, the formal stage seems a necessary developmental step to the skilful stage.• In the Washington area, cabbages are vulnerable to two persistent pests: Aphids and cabbage moth caterpillars.• The old caterpillar skin peels back and falls away.• When I arrived at the page on caterpillars, again I read the bold headings.• It may take as long as a week for all the caterpillars to make their chrysalises.• As the wasp hovered near, the caterpillars suddenly started flailing from side to side.• The caterpillars can be picked off, but their coloring makes them difficult to see, especially when they are small. Related topics: Motor vehicles Caterpillar (also Caterpillar track) noun [countableC] trademark TTCa metal belt made of short connected pieces that is fastened over the wheels of a heavy vehicle to help it to move over soft ground 卡特彼勒履带〔用于重型车辆〕 a Caterpillar tractor (=a vehicle fitted with this belt) 卡特彼勒履带式拖拉机 Examples from the Corpus Caterpillar• Solar Turbines is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Caterpillar Inc., which until recently has been involved in a bitter union strike.• In this collection, he has embraced Caterpillar work boots, done up for him in two-tone suede.• There was no Caterpillar Club yet, no way out of a doomed plane.• That strike ended in the spring of 1992, when Caterpillar made headlines by threatening to permanently replace the strikers. Origin caterpillar (1400-1500) Old North French catepelose “hairy cat, caterpillar”
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