cockchafer

n. 金龟

发音

其它 /ˈkɒkˌt͡ʃeɪfɚ/

词形变化

cockchafers 复数 cockchafers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.

    金龟子

    小金虫

  2. 2.

    Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

May beetle May bug

相关短语

common cockchafer black-headed pasture cockchafer

词源

From cock (“male bird”) + chafer (“beetle”). The Oxford English Dictionary speculates that the name may relate to a resemblance of antennae to coxcomb, or to the beetle’s size. Compare French hanneton (“cockchafer”), ultimately from Frankish *hanō (“rooster”). Attested from the late seventeenth century.

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