【beetle】 - SAT备考词汇

beetle

UK:  ['biːt(ə)l]

US:  ['bit(ə)l]

复数：beetles  过去分词：beetled  现在分词：beetling  

n.

1.甲虫

2.大(木)槌;夯;杵;槌布机;搅打机

3.大木锤

4.木夯

5.捣棒

6.搅打器

7.捣固机

8.夯实

9.桩锤

10.搅机

adj.

1.突出的;愁眉苦脸的

v.

1.〔英国〕(像甲虫一样)走来走去;匆匆忙忙地走,赶紧;瞎撞,乱撞

2.用大槌捶打[打进、打碎];用杵捣;捶(衣、布等)

3.搅打

4.捣固

1 . The dung-beetle placed its egg in dung and rolled the dung into a ball to be heated by the sun.
粪甲虫把蛋产在粪中而且滚转成一个球被太阳加热。

2 . He said it would be a good idea to try and listen to the beetle larvae stridulating and record it.
他表示，尝试通过聆听幼虫的鸣声并做记录是个不错的办法。

3 . The water beetle, also known as the 'predacious diving beetle', is often fried with garlic and ginger and sold as a side dish.
水甲虫，又称为“龙虱”，常常和大蒜、生姜一起炒熟，作为小菜出售。

4 . As he spoke, a sluggish black beetle, about the half the size of his thumb, slid off the wall and came to rest on its back beside his feet.
他说话时，一只行动缓慢的黑甲虫从墙壁上落到了他脚边，这个有他拇指一半大的甲虫背部落地、无法动弹。

5 . That wasn't enough for Nintendo. Suddenly the beetle I had been mastering received an upgrade. It was now capable of carrying bombs.
任天堂做到的远远不止这些，这时我已经掌握的飞行甲虫突然升级成可以携带炸弹。