caterpillar

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n. 毛虫 [机] 履带车

发音

UK /ˈkætəˌpɪlə/
US /ˈkætɚˌpɪlɚ/
US /ˈkætəˌpɪlɚ/

词形变化

caterpillars 复数 caterpillars caterpillaring caterpillars 三单 caterpillaring 现在分词 caterpillared 过去式 caterpillared 过去分词

别名

caterpiller

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.

    毛毛虫

    毛虫

    The bird just ate that green caterpillar.

  2. 2.

    A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler.

    履带式车辆

  3. 3.

    A set of subtrees of a tree.

    数学
  4. 4.

    A rapacious, extortionate person preying upon the community.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To move along slowly, drawing one's body up, in the manner of a caterpillar.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

cat

上位词 1

larva

下位词 10

silkworm armyworm beet armyworm bollworm cabbageworm cankerworm cornborer cutworm fall armyworm inchworm

相关短语

caterpillar tree caterpillar skiing caterpillar track 履带 caterpillar tracks caterpillar roll caterpillar rolls caterpillar trees caterpillar fungus 冬虫夏草 Caterpillar Club caterpillar hunter caterpillar searcher caterpillar hunters caterpillar searchers caterpillar funguses caterpillar catcher

词源

From Middle English catirpel, catirpeller, probably from Old Northern French catepeluse (Modern French chatte + pileuse (“hairy cat”)), from Late Latin catta + pilōsa. The sense "rapacious, extortionate person" arose by association with obsolete piller (“plunderer”). See Modern Norman cattepeleuse. Displaced native kaleworm, from Middle English cowle worm, cale worme (“caterpillar, corn weevil”), from Old English cawelwyrm, cawelwurm (“caterpillar”).

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