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　

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。

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

Large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees.
其幼虫在松树中钻洞穴居的大甲虫。
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 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。
Predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects.
黑亮或有金属光泽的食肉陆栖甲虫，它能杀死多种有害昆虫。
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。
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。
A firefly is a type of beetle.
萤火虫是一种甲虫。
The microorganism controls development of larvae, but destruction of the adult beetle requires chemical insecticides.
这种微生物能控制幼虫生长，但是要杀死成年甲虫还需要化学杀虫剂。
Unlike baby komodos, the potato beetle's feces are actually poisonous to predators.
但是，与科莫多巨蜥幼蜥不同的是，薯虫的粪便对敌人来说是有毒的。
Sunday, I have the time to play in the yard and found a large beetle.
星期天，我在院子里玩的时候，发现一只很大的甲虫。