pupa
英 ['pjuːpə]
美['pjupə]
- n. [昆] 蛹
- n. (Pupa)人名；(意)普帕
词态变化
复数: pupae;
中文词源
pupa 蛹
来自拉丁语papa,小女孩，布偶，来自pupus,小男孩，-a,表阴性。瑞典植物学家林奈借用该词命名，把蛹比做未长大的小女孩。
英文词源
- pupa (n.)
- "post-larval stage of an insect," 1773, special use by Linnæus (1758) of Latin pupa "girl, doll, puppet" (see pupil (n.1)) on notion of "undeveloped creature." Related: Pupal; pupiform.
双语例句
- 1. The butterfly emerged from the pupa.
- 蝴蝶由蛹孵化而出.
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- 2. Silent transformation in the way , the pupa into a butterfly.
- 在无声之中蜕变, 蛹变成蝴蝶.
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- 3. They are egg, young ( wormlike form ) , pupa and adult ( winged form ) .
- 它们是卵 、 幼虫 、 蛹、 成虫.
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- 4. A man one day pick up a butterfly pupa.
- 有一个人无意中找到一个蝴蝶蛹.
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- 5. The insect stows tomorrow in the egg and pupa.
- 昆虫把明天蕴藏在卵蛹之中.
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