beetle

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n. 甲虫, 大槌 vi. 快速移动 vt. 捶

发音

US /ˈbiːtəl/

词形变化

beetles 复数 beetles 三单 beetling 现在分词 beetled 过去式 beetled 过去分词 more beetle 比较级 most beetle 最高级

别名

bittle betel bittil

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.

    甲虫

    甲壳虫

    蛄仔

    龟仔

  2. 2.

    A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.

    不可数
  3. 3.

    Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”).

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:beetle.

  4. 1.

    A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

  5. 2.

    A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.

  6. 1.

    Archaic spelling of betel.

    古体
v.
  1. 1.

    To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.

    He beetled off on his vacation.

    I beetled across to our table, but no Pauline, no Mr Cresswell, no Mr Rudyard.

  2. 1.

    To loom over; to extend or jut (above).

    及物/不及物

    The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.

  3. 1.

    To beat with a heavy mallet.

  4. 2.

    To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.

    to beetle cotton goods

adj.
  1. 1.

    Protruding, jutting, overhanging.

    beetle brows

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

mallet

上位词 2

hammer insect

下位词 10

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动词

同义词 1

overhang

上位词 6

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形容词

同义词 1

beetling

近义相关 1

protrusive

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, bītel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil, from Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), equivalent to bite + -le. Cognate with Old High German bicco (“beetle”), Danish bille (“beetle”), Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”).

来源：wiktionary