caterpillar
英 [ˈkæt.ə.pɪl.ər]
美 [ˈkæt̬.ɚ.pɪl.ɚ]
- n. [无脊椎] 毛虫；履带车
- adj. 有履带装置的
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记忆方法
1. Etymologically, a caterpillar is a 'hairy cat'.
2. 由于毛毛虫很像坦克的履带，所以 caterpillar 既表毛毛虫，又表履带、链轨。
2. 由于毛毛虫很像坦克的履带，所以 caterpillar 既表毛毛虫，又表履带、链轨。
中文词源
caterpillar 毛虫
cat, 猫。-pil, 毛，词源同peel, depilatory(脱毛)。因其毛如猫毛而得名。
英语词源
- caterpillar
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caterpillar: [15] Etymologically, a caterpillar is a ‘hairy cat’. The word comes ultimately from late Latin *catta pilōsa: catta is the source of English cat, while pilōsus ‘hairy’ is a derivative of Latin pilus ‘hair’, from which English gets pile of a carpet. In Old French *catta pilōsa became chatepelose, which passed into English as catyrpel.
The present-day form arose in the 16th century, probably from association with the now obsolete piller ‘plunderer’ (related to English pillage) – caterpillars being regarded, of course, as plunderers of leaves. The notion that caterpillars resemble small furry mammals is also reflected in such names as pussmoth and woolly bear.
=> cat, pile - caterpillar (n.)
- mid-15c., catyrpel, probably altered (by association with Middle English piller "plunderer;" see pillage) from Old North French caterpilose "caterpillar" (Old French chatepelose), literally "shaggy cat" (probably in reference to the "wooly-bear" variety), from Late Latin catta pilosa, from catta "cat" (see cat (n.)) + pilosus "hairy, shaggy, covered with hair," from pilus "hair" (see pile (n.3)). Compare also French chenille "caterpillar," literally "little dog." A Swiss German name for it is teufelskatz "devil's cat." "The caterpillar has in many idioms received the name of other animals" [Kitchin, who cites also Milanese cagnon "little dog," Italian dialectal gattola "little cat," Kentish hop-dog, hop-cat, Portuguese lagarta "lizard." Compare also American English wooly-bear for the hairy variety. An Old English name for it was cawelworm "cole-worm." Caterpillar tractor is from 1908.
权威例句
- 1. The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly.
- 毛毛虫最终将蜕变成一只蝴蝶。
- 2. the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly
- 从毛毛虫到蝴蝶的蜕变
- 3. A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.
- 蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的.
- 4. The caterpillar was transformed into a butterfly.
- 毛毛虫变成了蝴蝶.
- 5. The caterpillar has metamorphosed into a butterfly.
- 蝎已变成蝴蝶.
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