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

• 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 said pregnant horses may have gotten the cyanide by eating the leaves from the cherry trees or the caterpillars.
  他们说怀孕的马匹有可能食用了樱桃树叶或毛虫而获得了氰化物。
• Bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects.
  有刚毛的苍蝇，其幼虫寄生在毛虫或其它昆虫的身上；在控制有害昆虫方面很重要。
• But caterpillars that hatch on GM crops die, reducing the overall population of the pests in the area.
  但是在转基因玉米上孵化的幼虫会死亡，这就减少了该区域害虫的总数量。
• What lovely caterpillars are over there!
  看那边的毛毛虫多可爱啊！
• Infestations of these caterpillars may defoliate oaks and other hardwood trees but usually do no permanent damage.
  这些毛虫的侵扰可能使橡树落叶和其他树木的硬木树但通常都没有永久性损伤。
• The caterpillars tunnel into the fruit to grow and mature.
  毛虫钻入果实，并在其中生长为成虫。
• 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；
• 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。
• As the caterpillars feed on crops, their waste pollutes waterways and drinking wells.
  当毛虫啃噬庄稼时，它们的排泄物就污染了（灌溉）水道和饮用水井。