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

• 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 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。
• Small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils.
  在树皮和树木上打洞的小甲虫；与象鼻虫有关。
• 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。
• Scientists in Germany who study biomaterials have now figured out how the beetle does it.
  在德国研究生物材料的科学家们现在已经弄明白了甲虫是怎样做的。
• 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。
• A firefly is a type of beetle.
  萤火虫是一种甲虫。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。