中英互译
pupa
英 /ˈpjuːpə/美 /ˈpjuːpə/
基本释义
- n.[昆] 蛹
- n.(Pupa)(意)普帕(人名)
复数pupae或pupas
双语例句
- When they reach full size, they attach to a leaf by their tail, and a pupa is formed.当它们长到最大尺寸时,它们用尾部附着在树叶上,蛹就形成了。
- During the pupa stage, they do not eat foods but do sit at the surface and breathe air through two small tubes.在蛹阶段,它们不吃食物,但在水面游动时会靠两个细小的管道呼吸空气。
- This stage (阶段) of a butterfly's life is known as the "pupa" stage.蝴蝶生命中的这一阶段被称为“蛹”。
相关短语
- silkworm pupa蚕蛹
- obtect pupa被蛹
- coarctate pupa围蛹;园蛹
- bound pupa缚蛹
- free pupa裸蛹;离蛹;自由蛹
同义词
n.
词义分布
蛹
92.9%
虫蛹
7.1%
英英释义
- n.an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
词源
- pupa蛹pupa本是拉丁语,意为“女孩”、“洋娃娃”。1758年瑞典博物学家林奈(Linnaeus,1707 - 1778)把它当作术语来用,指“蛹”。林奈这一创造曾被誉为“天才诗人的手法”(a stroke of poetic genius)。一位作家这样写遭:“只要你看一看峨蛹的下侧,你就会发现它的脸、它的眼睛以及小臂状的双翅,有如襁褓中的婴儿,犹如小洋娃娃。”英语另有两个词puppet(木偶)和puppy(小狗),从表面上看乃分别来自法语poupette(玩偶)和poupee(玩偶),实际上其终极词源同为拉丁语pupa。
- pupa蛹来自拉丁语papa,小女孩,布偶,来自pupus,小男孩,-a,表阴性。瑞典植物学家林奈借用该词命名,把蛹比做未长大的小女孩。