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cockchafer

英 ['kɒk,tʃeɪfə] 美 ['kɑktʃefɚ]

解释

n. 金龟子；小金虫

※ 提供单词"cockchafer"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

cockchafer 鳃角金龟，五月甲虫

来自cock和chafer（金龟子）的组合词。cock, 此处表强调，大，比较bullfrog,horseradish.

英文词源

cockchafer: cockchafer: [18] Etymologically, cockchafer (a medium-sized beetle) is probably a ‘large gnawer’. The second part of the word, which goes back to Old English times (ceafor), can be traced to a prehistoric base *kab- ‘gnaw’, source also of English jowl. The first element, cock, may be an allusion to the species’ greater size in relation to other chafers.
=> jowl

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例句和用法

1. If so, he would at any rate be able to deliver the cockchafer speech.: 若是那样, 他无论如何也要把那一番骂人的话发泄出来.

2. Left with nothing to say, Dixon realized how wild a notion the cockchafer speech had been.: 狄克逊感到无话可说, 同时意识到那个想骂人的念头是多么不切合实际.

3. Suddenly a GREat cockchafer buzzed along . Alas!: 突然一只很大的金龟子嗡嗡嗡飞过.