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pupa

英 ['pjuːpə] 美 ['pjupə]

解释

n. [昆] 蛹
n. (Pupa)人名；(意)普帕

※ 提供单词"pupa"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

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.

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例句和用法

1. The butterfly emerged from the pupa.: 蝴蝶由蛹孵化而出.

2. Silent transformation in the way , the pupa into a butterfly.: 在无声之中蜕变, 蛹变成蝴蝶.

3. They are egg, young ( wormlike form ) , pupa and adult ( winged form ) .: 它们是卵、幼虫、蛹、成虫.

4. A man one day pick up a butterfly pupa.: 有一个人无意中找到一个蝴蝶蛹.

5. The insect stows tomorrow in the egg and pupa.: 昆虫把明天蕴藏在卵蛹之中.