中英互译
insect
英 /ˈɪnsekt/美 /ˈɪnsekt/
基本释义
- n.昆虫；类似昆虫的小动物（如蜘蛛）；卑鄙的人
复数insects
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词语例句
昆虫cn.
六级四级Chambers' voice droned, maddening as an insect around his head.
钱伯斯唠唠叨叨，那声音像一只飞虫绕着他的头打转般令人发狂。
We used to think that insects were the smallest organisms, and that nothing lived deeper than six hundred meters.
我们曾经认为昆虫是最小的生物，还认为没有什么东西生活在六百米以上的深处地区。
Once they settle in, these insects start affecting your home.
一旦它们定居下来，这些昆虫就开始侵扰你的家。
- At rest the insect looks like a dead leaf.这种昆虫不动时看上去像一片枯叶。来自《牛津词典》
- She scratched at the insect bites on her arm.她挠了挠胳膊上虫咬的包。来自《牛津词典》
- The roof timbers were affected by rot and insect attack.屋顶的木料已经腐朽并遭虫害。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- insect pest害虫
- insect resistance昆虫抗药性；防蛀性；耐虫性
- insect bite昆虫咬伤；被虫咬伤；蚊虫叮咬
- insect damage昆虫损坏；虫害
- insect repellentn. 杀虫剂
- insect control病虫害防治；昆虫防治
- insect resistance抗虫性；昆虫抗药性
- insect damage虫柱；虫灾
- insect collecting昆虫收集；虫豸网络；昆虫网络；虫豸收集
- Insect ecology昆虫生态学
- Insect biology昆虫生物学
词语扩展
词义分布
昆虫
86.8%
虫
13.2%
英英释义
- n.small air-breathing arthropod
- n.a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
- n.a very small animal that has six legs. Most insects have wings.
昆虫
词源
- insect（昆虫）：身体一节节切开的虫子古代西方看到蚂蚁、甲虫等昆虫大多数都有一个共同特点，身体都是一节一节的，因此以为昆虫都是这样的。英语单词insect（昆虫）和entomology（昆虫学）都反映了古代人的这种观念。insect来自拉丁语insectum，本意是“cut up”（切断）。entomology来自希腊语entomos，本意也是“cut up”（切断）。 insect：['ɪnsekt] n.昆虫 entomology：[ˌentə'mɒlədʒi] n.昆虫学
- insect昆虫in-,进入，使，-sect,切，分，词源同sex,segment.因昆虫分段的躯体而得名。
- insect昆虫词根词缀： in-入,向内 + -sect-切割 → 昆虫的身体和纹理看上去是一段一段的,像被“切割”过一般