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millipede

英 ['mɪlɪpiːd] 美 ['mɪlɪpid]

解释

n. [无脊椎] 千足虫；倍足纲节动物（等于millepede）

※ 提供单词"millipede"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

millipede 千足虫

milli-,千，-ped,脚，词源同foot.比较centipede.

英文词源

millipede (n.): also millepede, c. 1600, from Latin millepeda "wood louse," a type of crawling insect, from mille "thousand" (see million) + pes (genitive pedis) "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). Probably a loan-translation of Greek chiliopous.

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例句和用法

1. And there wasn't just one millipede found - there was a plague of them!: 然而发现的并不只是一条千足虫,其数量之多,简直泛滥成灾!

2. Normally, a millipede looks like a harmless creature to humans.: 平时, 马陆看起来像是对人类无害的生物.

3. The Portuguese millipede's eyes become larger and more complex with age.: 葡萄牙千足虫的年龄越大,其眼睛也就越大,并且变得更复杂.

4. A gigantic millipede slithered out, and over to where I was standing.: 一只巨型的千足虫滑了出来, 停在了我站着的地方.

5. When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body.: 当我发现一种千足虫, 便把它擦在身上.