| 单词 | 蛾子 |
| 释义 | 〔caterpillar〕It seems that the larvae of moths and butterflies are popularly seen as resembling other, larger animals.Consider the Italian dialect wordgatta, "cat, caterpillar"; the German dialect termtüfelskatz, "caterpillar" (literally "devil's cat"); the French wordchenille, "caterpillar" (from a Vulgar Latin diminutive, .canīcula, of canis, "dog"); and last but not least,our own wordcaterpillar, which appears probably to have come through Northern French from the Old French termchatepelose, meaning literally "hairy cat.”Our wordcaterpillar is first recorded in English in 1440 in the formcatyrpel. Catyr, the first part of catyrpel, may indicate the existence of an English word.cater, meaning "tomcat,”otherwise attested only incaterwaul. Cater would be cognate with Middle High German kater and Dutch kater. The latter part ofcatyrpel seems to have become associated with the word piller, "plunderer.” By giving the variant spelling -ar, Johnson's Dictionary set the spelling caterpillar with which we are familiar today. 似乎蛾子和蝴蝶的幼虫经常会被看成与其它较大动物相似。意大利方言中gatta， 一字，“猫，毛虫”； 日耳曼方言中tüfelskatz 一字“毛虫”（直译为“邪恶的猫”）； 法语词chenille， “毛虫”（来自民间拉丁语小词缀， canicula， 源自 canis ，是“狗”的意思）； 最后但并非不重要的一点，英语中caterpillar 一词， 可能是来源于从法国北部传来的古法语词汇chatepelose， 字面意思是“多毛的猫”。caterpillar 一字于1440年最早记录在英语中， 以catyrpel的形式出现。 Catyr是 catyrpel 的第一部分， 可能指明英语词cater 的存在， 意指“雄猫”，否则只能存在于caterwaul一词中。 Cater可能与中世纪高地德语 kater 和荷兰语 kater 有关。 catyrpel 一词的后一部分似乎与 piller 一词有关，意思是“强盗”。 约翰逊的词典 给出了不同的拼写- ar， 从而形成了我们今天所熟悉的 caterpillar 〔mothy〕Infested by moths.多蛾的：蛾子侵扰的〔clearwing〕Any of various diurnal moths of the family Sesiidae, having scaleless, transparent wings and a wasplike appearance.透翅蛾：一种透翅蛾科的朝生暮死的蛾子，有无鳞片、透明的翅和黄蜂般外观〔egger〕Any of various moths of the family Lasiocampidae, whose larvae often construct tentlike webs among the branches of trees.枯叶蛾：任一种枯叶蛾科的蛾子，幼虫常在树枝间造帐状的网〔speculum〕A transparent spot in the wings of some butterflies or moths.透明斑：某些蝴蝶或蛾子翅膀上的透明斑点〔cutworm〕The larva of various moths of the family Noctuidae that feed on and destroy a wide variety of plants.切根虫：任一种夜蛾科的蛾子幼虫，取食并破坏多种植物〔caterpillar〕Any of various insect larvae similar to those of the butterfly or moth.毛虫：任何一种类似于蝴蝶或蛾子幼虫的各类昆虫的幼虫〔miller〕Any of various moths whose wings and bodies have a powdery appearance.粉翅蛾：翅膀及身体上生有粉末的蛾子的一种〔caterpillar〕The wormlike, often brightly colored, hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth.毛虫：蝴蝶或蛾子的蠕虫状，多为浅颜色的多毛或带刺的幼虫〔mothball〕A marble-sized ball, originally of camphor but now of naphthalene, stored with clothes to repel moths.卫生球：一种弹子大小的球，原本由樟脑制成，现在由荼制成，与衣物存在一起以驱除蛾子〔sphingid〕A moth of the family Sphingidae; a hawk moth.天蛾科的蛾子；天蛾〔scale〕A similar part, such as one of the minute structures overlapping to form the covering on the wings of butterflies and moths.鳞状物：一种类似部位，如覆盖于蝴蝶或蛾子翅膀上形成覆盖物的微结构〔chrysalis〕A pupa, especially of a moth or butterfly, enclosed in a firm case or cocoon.蛹：蛹，特指蛾子或蝴蝶，包在坚固的壳或茧中 |
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