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

• I, said the Beetle, With my thread and needle, I make the shroud.
  我来，甲虫说，我将为他做寿衣，用我的针和线。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• How do this hot, toxic not injure or kill the beetle from the inside?
  为什么这些在甲虫体内的热的、有毒的物质并没有伤害或者是杀死它们呢？
• 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。
• A firefly is a type of beetle.
  萤火虫是一种甲虫。