moth

英 [mɒθ]

美 [mɔːθ]

n.  蛾; 飞蛾

复数：moths　

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牛津词典

noun

• 蛾；飞蛾
  a flying insect with a long thin body and four large wings, like a butterfly , but less brightly coloured. Moths fly mainly at night and are attracted to bright lights.

柯林斯词典

• 蛾;飞蛾
  Amothis an insect like a butterfly which usually flies about at night.

英英释义

noun

• typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae

双语例句

• A variety of moth that spins a web in which it lives.
  蛾子的一个变种，在其生命期中吐丝结网。
• Usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests.
  通常为热带身体细而腿长的蛾子，其幼虫是农作物的害虫。
• Small brown-and_white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees.
  褐色和白色的欧洲小蛾子，引入美国东部；是各种遮荫树和果树的害虫。
• Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings.
  欧亚大陆温带森林中的大蛾子，翅膀透明并有重鳞。
• No, it's much more beautiful than that. that's a moth cocoon.
  不，比那个要美许多，是个飞蛾的茧。
• This moth's ear is tuned in to the bat's ultrasonic squeak.
  这种蛾的耳朵能收听到蝙蝠的超音速的尖叫声。
• Noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying esp. grass and grain.
  夜蛾的幼虫，成大群行动，特别破坏草地和谷类。
• The wood ants have missed their chance to catch the adult moth.
  林蚁错过了捕捉成年飞蛾的机会。
• She saw the occasional glimmer of a moth's wings.
  她看见蛾子的翅膀偶尔会泛光。
• Large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines.
  黄色的美洲大蚕蛾，每只后翅上有象大眼睛一样的斑点；幼虫有刺样的脊骨。