caterpillars

英 [ˈkætəpɪləz]

美 [ˈkætəˌpɪlərz]

n.  毛虫，蠋(蝴蝶或蛾的幼虫)
caterpillar的复数

柯林斯词典

• 毛虫
  Acaterpillaris a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or moth.

双语例句

• Caterpillars change into butterflies or moths.
  毛虫能变成蝴蝶或蛾子。
• The CIA also approved exploiting one detainee's fear of insects by putting caterpillars in the box with him.
  CIA还被授权对被拘留者采用昆虫恐惧症，让他和毛毛虫呆在一个盒子里；
• Silk moths lay several hundred eggs, and the tiny caterpillars that emerge eat nothing but mulberry leaves.
  蚕蛾可以产下好几百个卵，然后孵出蚕宝宝，他们只吃桑叶。
• They exposed a population of hosts ( caterpillars) to both variants.
  他们将一群宿主（毛毛虫）同时暴露于两个病毒变种。
• If colored caterpillars could change their colors could they keep their colored coat colored properly?
  如果有色毛毛虫可以变颜色，它们能够保持皮毛的颜色适宜吗？
• The caterpillars feed on a wide range of trees, shrubs and plants
  毛虫以各类树木、灌木和植物为食。
• What lovely caterpillars are over there!
  看那边的毛毛虫多可爱啊！
• After a few days the caterpillars stopped feeding
  几天后毛虫停止进食。
• The Saturday Caterpillars have now finished the Bear books and are beginning to read other picture books.
  周六的毛毛虫班已完成了比尔熊系列书，准备开始读其他的绘本了。
• In the real world, some caterpillars and plants engage in a deadly struggle for survival.
  在现实中，毛毛虫和植物为求生存而殊死搏斗，而全面战争肯定少不了化学武器。