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insect

英 ['ɪnsekt] 美['ɪnsɛkt]

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近义词worm creep jerk twit jellyfish pariah milksop wretch

n. 昆虫；卑鄙的人

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复数: insects;

中文词源

insect 昆虫

in-,进入，使，-sect,切，分，词源同sex,segment.因昆虫分段的躯体而得名。

英英释意

1. small air-breathing arthropod

2. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

英文词源

insect: insect: [17] The Greek word for ‘insect’ was éntomon (source of English entomology [18]). It was derived from entémnein ‘cut up’, a compound verb formed from en- ‘in’ and témnein ‘cut’ (a close relative of English tome), and denoted literally ‘creature divided up into segments’. The term was translated literally into Latin as insectum (originally the past participle of insecāre, a compound verb formed from inand secāre ‘cut’), and seems to have been introduced into English in Philemon Holland’s translation of Pliny’s Natural History 1601.
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insect (n.): c. 1600, from Latin (animal) insectum "(animal) with a notched or divided body," literally "cut into," from neuter past participle of insectare "to cut into, to cut up," from in- "into" (see in- (2)) + secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). Pliny's loan-translation of Greek entomon "insect" (see entomology), which was Aristotle's term for this class of life, in reference to their "notched" bodies.

First in English in 1601 in Holland's translation of Pliny. Translations of Aristotle's term also form the usual word for "insect" in Welsh (trychfil, from trychu "cut" + mil "animal"), Serbo-Croatian (zareznik, from rezati "cut"), Russian (nasekomoe, from sekat "cut"), etc.

同义词辨析

bug, insect, pest, worm

这些名词均含"虫，昆虫"之意。

bug：指小昆虫，尤指吸血的臭虫，也可指细菌。

insect：含义广泛，多指蚂蚁、黄蜂、蝉等等。

pest：指有害的昆虫或有害的小动物。

worm：侧重指蚯蚓、蚕、毛虫等小而无骨的虫。

考试真题

White storks feed on locusts ( ' , 蝗虫) and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand.

While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.

They help humans kill harmful insects.

They have accelerated the reproduction of some harmful insects.

They are thought to be the only insect that does this.

Scientists learn about the monarch butterflies' migration by capturing and placing the identifying tags in the insects.

And insect farming also produces far fewer greenhouse gases.

Now, Africa's largest economy is facing a food crisis as major tomato fields have been destroyed by an insect, leading to a nationwide shortage and escalating prices.

The insect, also known as the tomato leaf miner, devastates crops by feeding on fruits and digging into and moving through stalks.

The insect, Tutaabsoluta, has destroyed 80% of farms in Kaduna, Nigeria's largest tomato-producing state, leading the government there to declare a state of emergency.

Back in 1983, two scientists, Jack Schultz and Ian Baldwin, reported that young maple trees getting bitten by insects send out a particular smell that neighboring plants can get.

Campers, in my eyes, were people who enjoyed insect bites, ill-cooked meals, and uncomfortable sleeping bags.

Scientists find from their studies that plants can protect themselves against insects.

Some plants pump out smelly chemicals to keep insects away.

The insects gather under the table.

They pump out perfumes designed to attract different insects who are natural enemies to the attackers.

Scientists jumped to the rescue with some distinctly shaky evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to control them.

实用场景例句

insect species: 昆虫种类

insect repellent (= a chemical that keeps insects away): 驱虫剂

an insect bite: 蚊虫叮咬

He was like a green insect attacked by ants, its whole body quivering in its resistance.: 他全身的筋肉没有一处松懈,像被蚂蚁围攻的绿虫, 全身摇动着抵御.

They sprayed aerosol insect repellent into the faces of police.: 他们将喷雾驱虫剂喷在了警察的脸上.

Cyclin D 1 and CDK 4 proteins were expressed correctly in insect cells and had their biological activity.: 成功构建了细胞周期蛋白D1及CDK4真核杆状病毒表达载体,并且在昆虫细胞中正确表达了具有生物活性的细胞周期蛋白D1及CDK4融合蛋白.

He approaches to look climb on original dunghill full shining white insect, chicken is eating happily.: 他走近一看,原来粪堆上爬满了白花花的虫子, 鸡正吃得欢呢.

It can be concluded that irradiated sterile insect technique is feasible for integrated controlling cotton bollworm.: 辐射不育技术作为棉铃虫综合防治的措施是可行的.

Please brush this insect off.: 请把这只虫掸掉.

Do you think butterfly is a type of insect?: 你认为蝴蝶是一种昆虫吗 ?

They classed this insect under the Coleoptera.: 他们把这种虫列入甲虫类.

The insect anchored fast to its prey.: 这昆虫紧紧地抓住它的猎物不放.

The insect ran up my leg.: 小虫子爬到我腿上来了.

This insect makes its strange noise by rubbing its back legs together.: 这只昆虫摩擦它的两条后腿发出一种奇怪的声音.

The traveller's face was covered with insect bites.: 旅行者满脸都是被虫子叮咬的疙瘩.

She caught the insect by inverting her cup over it.: 她用杯子扣住了那只昆虫.

He was bitten by an insect in the garden.: 他在花园里被虫子咬了一口.

Feathers initially developed from insect scales.: 羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来.

She flapped a newspaper at the insect.: 她用报纸拍虫子.

You put the insect in a matchbox.: 你把这个虫子放进火柴盒里.

The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect.: 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫.

Rubbing this special cream into the insect bite will help to take away the worst of the pain.: 把这种特制油膏揉搓在虫子咬过的地方可以大大减轻痛苦.

A tiny insect , trying to shake a mighty tree, is ludicrously ignorant of its own weakness.: 蚍蜉撼大树, 可笑不自量.

An insect flew into my eye.: 一个虫子飞进我的眼里.

The ant is a social insect.: 蚂蚁是一种群居昆虫.

Leaving some fields fallow provided a natural check on insect populations.: 让一些土地休耕是自然控制昆虫数量的办法.

a species of insect previously unknown to science: 科学上以前尚未了解的一种昆虫

Honeybees use one of the most sophisticated communication systems of any insect.: 蜜蜂之间所用的交流方式是昆虫中最为复杂的方式之一。

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