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　

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。

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

Predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects.
黑亮或有金属光泽的食肉陆栖甲虫，它能杀死多种有害昆虫。
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。
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。
Active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects.
通常是色彩鲜艳的活跃的甲虫，捕食其它昆虫。
That beetle you squashed was my husband,@ she sobbed.
那只你压扁的甲虫是我的丈夫，她抽泣道。
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 big bug bit the little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back.
一只大臭虫叮了一只小甲虫，但是小甲虫回叮了大臭虫。
He spied the beetle; and dropping tail lifted and wagged.
它一眼发现了这只甲虫；它那垂着的尾巴就举起来摇摆着。
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。
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。