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　

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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。

柯林斯词典

• 甲虫
  Abeetleis an insect with a hard covering to its body.

英英释义

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

• jutting or overhanging
  1. beetle brows
  Synonym:beetling

双语例句

• I, said the Beetle, With my thread and needle, I make the shroud.
  我来，甲虫说，我将为他做寿衣，用我的针和线。
• Other people uninterested in the sermon found relief in the beetle, and they eyed it too.
  其他的人对牧师的布道也不感兴趣，就拿这只甲虫来解闷，他们也盯着它看。
• I turned around to see a badly dressed beetle.
  我转过身，看见了一只穿的很破烂的甲虫。
• He saw a shiny green beetle on a leaf.
  我看见树叶上有一只闪闪发光的绿色甲虫。
• 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。
• The adult beetle has silken hairs on its body.
  甲壳虫的成虫身体上有柔软光滑的茸毛。
• This beetle eats mainly the germ of the grain.
  这种甲虫要吃谷物的胚芽。
• 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。
• A small, green beetle approached from the crowd.
  一只小绿甲虫从昆虫群里挤了出来，来到我跟前。
• 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。