beetle

英 [ˈbiːtl]

美 [ˈbiːtl]

n.  甲虫; “甲壳虫”小汽车(一款大众牌小汽车的英语名)
v.  快速移动

复数：beetles　现在分词：beetling　过去式：beetled　第三人称单数：beetles　过去分词：beetled　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8094 / COCA.7196

牛津词典

noun

• 甲虫
  an insect, often large and black, with a hard case on its back, covering its wings. There are several types of beetle .
• “甲壳虫”小汽车（一款大众牌小汽车的英语名）
  the English name for the original Volkswagen small car with a round shape at the front and the back

verb

• 快速移动
  to move somewhere quickly
  1. I last saw him beetling off down the road.
     我上次见到他时，他正快步沿路而去。

柯林斯词典

• 甲虫
  Abeetleis an insect with a hard covering to its body.

英英释义

noun

• insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
• a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden)
  Synonym:mallet

verb

• beat with a beetle
• fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
  1. He beetled up the staircase
  2. They beetled off home
• be suspended over or hang over
  1. This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town
  Synonym:overhang

adj

• jutting or overhanging
  1. beetle brows
  Synonym:beetling

双语例句

• The Asian lady beetle eats aphids that damage crops like soybeans, fruits and berries.
  亚洲甲虫吃掉了破坏庄稼的蚜虫，比如大豆，水果和草莓等。
• Scientists in Germany who study biomaterials have now figured out how the beetle does it.
  在德国研究生物材料的科学家们现在已经弄明白了甲虫是怎样做的。
• Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests.
  圆形身体的小甲虫，色彩鲜艳并有斑点，通常吃蚜虫和其它有害的昆虫。
• It does seem as if he's learnt his lesson,@ added the beetle.
  “他看起来好像已经从中吸取到教训了，”甲虫接着说道。
• Sunday, I have the time to play in the yard and found a large beetle.
  星期天，我在院子里玩的时候，发现一只很大的甲虫。
• This beetle eats mainly the germ of the grain.
  这种甲虫要吃谷物的胚芽。
• Unlike baby komodos, the potato beetle's feces are actually poisonous to predators.
  但是，与科莫多巨蜥幼蜥不同的是，薯虫的粪便对敌人来说是有毒的。
• Large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees.
  其幼虫在松树中钻洞穴居的大甲虫。
• A beetle was rolling a pellet of dried dung up the hill.
  一只屎壳郎正在把一个干粪球往山上滚。
• Life's less serious when you drive the New Beetle.
  当你驾驶着新甲壳虫，生活变的轻松多了。