beetle
英 ['biːt(ə)l]
- vi. 急忙来回；突出
- vt. 用槌打
- n. 甲虫；大槌
- n. (Beetle)人名；(英)比特尔
词态变化
复数: beetles;第三人称单数: beetles;过去式: beetled;过去分词: beetled;现在分词: beetling;
助记提示
1. 披头士乐队（The Beatles）就是甲壳虫乐队。
中文词源
beetle 甲虫
词源同bite, 咬。
英英释意
- 1. insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- 2. a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
英文词源
- beetle
- beetle: English has three separate words beetle. The commonest, beetle the insect, comes from Old English bitula, which was a derivative of the verb bītan ‘bite’: beetle hence means etymologically ‘the biter’. Beetle ‘hammer’, now largely restricted to various technical contexts, is also Old English: the earliest English form, bētel, goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *bautilaz, a derivative of the verb *bautan, from which English gets beat (the cognate Old Norse beytill meant ‘penis’).
The adjective beetle [14], as in ‘beetle brows’, and its related verb are of unknown origin, although it has been speculated that there is some connection with the tufted antennae of certain species of beetle, which may suggest eyebrows.
=> bite; beat - beetle (n.1)
- type of insect, Old English bitela "beetle," literally "little biter," from bitel "biting," related to bitan "to bite" (see bite). As a nickname for the original Volkswagen car, 1946, translating German Käfer.
- beetle (v.)
- "project, overhang," c. 1600, back-formation from bitelbrouwed "grim-browed, sullen" (mid-14c.), from bitel "sharp-edged, sharp" (c. 1200), probably a compound from Old English *bitol "biting, sharp," related to bite, + brow, which in Middle English meant "eyebrow," not "forehead." Meaning "to overhang dangerously" (of cliffs, etc.) is from c. 1600. Related: Beetled; beetling.
- beetle (n.2)
- beating tool, Old English bietel, from Proto-Germanic *bautilo-z, from *bautan "to beat" (see beat (v.)).
实用场景例句
- I last saw him beetling off down the road.
- 我上次见到他时，他正快步沿路而去。
牛津词典
- The bird seized an unusually big beetle and bore it off to its nest.
- 那只鸟抓住一只特别大的甲虫把它带进窝.
期刊摘选
- Room's sanitary conditions are too bad, saw black beetle in two days.
- 房间卫生状态不太好, 两天见过蟑螂.
期刊摘选
- Why don't your children beetle off into the garden and play?
- 你们这些孩子干吗不赶快到花园里去玩?
期刊摘选
- Effective measures to kill insect and black beetle.
- 采取有效的消杀蚊蝇、蟑螂等虫害措施.
期刊摘选
- You can increase you power by combining a " beetle card " with a'skill card ".
- 联合 ” 甲虫卡 ” 跟”技能卡 ” 就能增加你的能力.
期刊摘选
- A beetle invasion in the United States has killed at least 20 million ash trees.
- 外来甲虫入侵美国已使2千万颗白腊树致死.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- After work we all beetle off for a drink.
- 下班之后我们都急忙赶去喝几杯.
期刊摘选
- The first thing the beetle did was to take him by the finger.
- 它一被放出来,就咬汤姆的手指.
英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
- You need not press any key in catching the beetle.
- 捉甲虫时,不需要按任何键!
期刊摘选
- This beetle eats mainly the germ of the grain.
- 这种甲虫主要吃谷物的胚芽.
辞典例句
- What is blister beetle, reach it what to effect there is?
- 斑蝥是什么, 及它有什么作用?
期刊摘选
- The beetle makes me sick.
- 这个甲虫使我恶心.
期刊摘选
- Fig .3. Guinea has issued 20 beetle stamps, and here is a set of 4 beetles issued in 2001.
- 图3.几内亚已发行了二十张甲虫邮票. 这是2001年发行了一套甲虫邮票, 每一张邮票上是一对甲虫,栩栩如生,活泼可爱.邮票外还有三只漂亮的甲虫.
期刊摘选
- A firefly is a type of beetle.
- 萤火虫是一种甲虫.
《简明英汉词典》
- The main reason of aggregation is caused by the biology of the lady beetle.
- 聚集的原因主要是由其自身习性所致.
期刊摘选
- Here are the beetle brows shall blush for me.
- 也罢,就让人家笑我丑,也有这一张鬼脸替我遮羞.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- The beetle is, in fact, less elongate.
- 这种甲虫实际上不太长.
辞典例句
- Look at the beautiful beetle!
- 看那只漂亮的甲虫!
《简明英汉词典》
- He trod the golden beetle underfoot.
- 他把一只金色的甲虫踩在脚下.
《简明英汉词典》
- He tickled gently at its glossy carapace,but the stubborn beetle would not budge.
- 他轻轻地搔着甲虫光滑的壳，但这只固执的甲虫就是不动。
辞典例句
- a rare species of beetle
- 一种稀有甲虫
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》