剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - insect collapse

insect
/'ɪn.sekt/
noun [C]
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* a type of very small animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts and usually two pairs of wings, or, more generally, any similar very small animal
昆虫

1. Ants, beetles, butterflies and flies are all insects.
蚂蚁、甲虫、蝴蝶和苍蝇都是昆虫。

2. I've got some sort of insect bite on my leg.
我腿上被小虫咬了一口。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - insect collapse

insect ★★☆☆☆
1.N-COUNT 可数名词昆虫;虫 An insect is a small animal that has six legs. Most insects have wings. Ants, flies, butterflies, and beetles are all insects.

    牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - insect collapse

    ☞ insect
    in·sect / 5insekt / noun   any small creature with one legs and a body divided into seven parts. Insects usually also have wings. Ants , bees and flies are all insects.
       昆虫:
       insect species
       昆虫种类
        insect repellent (= a chemical that keeps insects away)
       驱虫剂
       an insect bite
       昆虫咬伤
    ⇨ see also stick insect
     HELP  Insect is often used to refer to other small creatures, for example spiders, although this is not correct scientific language.
       insect 常用以指蜘蛛等其他小动物,但从科学术语来说并不准确。

    牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - insect collapse

    insect noun

    • ADJECTIVE flying, winged | aquatic | beneficial Unfortunately, pesticides kill off beneficial ~s as well as harmful ones. | harmful, poisonous | biting, bloodsucking, stinging | social Social ~s, such as ants, live in large colonies.

    • … OF INSECTS swarm

    • VERB + INSECT repel | control, kill, trap | attract

    • INSECT + VERB buzz An ~ was buzzing around the room. | fly | crawl | swarm | bore Insects had bored deep into the wood. | bite, sting

    • INSECT + NOUN attack, infestation The wood should be treated against ~ attack. | bite, sting | eggs, larva | pests Birds control ~ pests. | repellent, spray | species | world Wasps are the master builders of the ~ world.

    新牛津英语同义词词典 - insect collapse

    insect

    noun.

    See table.
    See also tables at butterfly, moth. -combining form(s): entomo-.



     INSECTS
     agrion
     alderfly
     amazon ant
     ambrosia beetle
     animated stick
     anopheles
     ant
     ant-lion
     aphid
     Argentine ant
     army ant
     army worm
     asparagus beetle
     assassin bug
     backswimmer
     bark beetle
     bat fly
     bedbug
     bee
     bee beetle
     bee fly
     bee louse
     beetle
     biscuit beetle
     biting midge
     black ant
     black beetle
     blackfly
     blister beetle
     bloodworm
     bloody-nosed beetle
     blowfly
     bluebottle
     body louse
     boll weevil
     bombardier beetle
     booklouse
     bookworm
     borer
     botfly
     braconid
     bristletail
     buffalo gnat (N. Amer.)
     bulb fly
     bulldog ant
     bumblebee
     burying beetle
     bush cricket
     butterfly
     cabbage root fly
     cabbageworm
     caddis fly
     cadelle
     camel cricket
     cankerworm
     carabid
     cardinal beetle
     carpenter ant
     carpenter bee
     carpet beetle
     carrion beetle
     carrot fly
     chafer
     chalcid wasp
     cheese fly
     chigger
     chinch bug
     Christmas beetle
     churchyard beetle
     cicada
     cigarette beetle
     click beetle
     cluster fly
     cockchafer
     cockroach
     Colorado beetle
     conehead
     corn borer
     corn earworm
     cotton-leaf worm
     cotton stainer
     crab louse
     crane fly
     cricket
     cuckoo bee
     cuckoo wasp
     curculio
     cutworm
     daddy-long-legs (Brit. informal)
     damsel bug
     damselfly
     darkling beetle
     darner
     darter
     death-watch beetle
     deer fly
     demoiselle
     devil's coach-horse
     digger wasp
     diving beetle
     dobsonfly
     dor beetle
     dragonfly
     driver ant
     drone fly
     drosophila
     dung beetle
     dung fly
     earwig
     elm bark beetle
     emperor dragonfly
     fairy fly
     field cricket
     fig wasp
     fire ant
     firebrat
     firefly
     flea
     flea beetle
     flesh fly
     flour beetle
     flower beetle
     fly
     forest fly
     frit fly
     froghopper
     fruit fly
     fungus beetle
     furniture beetle
     gadfly
     gall midge
     gall wasp
     garden chafer
     glow-worm
     gnat
     gold beetle
     goliath beetle
     grain borer
     grain weevil
     grasshopper
     greenbottle
     greenfly
     greenhead
     ground beetle
     groundhopper
     hawker
     head louse
     Hercules beetle
     Hessian fly
     hide beetle
     honey ant
     honeybee
     honeypot ant
     hornet
     horntail
     hornworm
     horsefly
     housefly
     hoverfly
     ichneumon
     Japanese beetle
     jewel beetle
     June bug
     katydid
     ked
     khapra beetle
     kissing bug
     lace bug
     lacewing
     lac insect
     ladybird
     lantern fly
     larder beetle
     leaf beetle
     leafcutter ant
     leafcutter bee
     leafhopper
     leaf insect
     leaf miner
     leatherjacket
     lightning bug (N. Amer.)
     locust
     longhorn beetle
     louse
     louse fly
     mantis
     Maori bug (NZ)
     mason bee
     mason wasp
     May bug
     mayfly
     meal beetle
     mealworm
     mealy bug
     meat ant
     midge
     mining bee
     minotaur beetle
     mole cricket
     mopane worm
     mosquito
     moth
     mud dauber
     museum beetle
     musk beetle
     nostril fly
     oil beetle
     onion fly
     paper wasp
     pharaoh ant
     phylloxera
     pill beetle
     pinhole borer
     plant hopper
     plant louse
     pond skater
     potato beetle
     potter wasp
     powder-post beetle
     praying mantis
     raspberry beetle
     rat-tailed maggot
     rhinoceros beetle
     robber fly
     root fly
     rose chafer
     rove beetle
     St Mark's fly
     sandfly
     sand wasp
     saucer bug
     sawfly
     sawyer
     scale insect
     scarab
     scorpion fly
     screech beetle
     screw worm
     sexton beetle
     shield bug
     silverfish
     skin beetle
     slave-making ant
     snake fly
     snipe fly
     snow flea
     soldier beetle
     soldier fly
     Spanish fly
     spider beetle
     spider-hunting wasp
     spittlebug
     springtail
     spruce budworm
     squash bug
     stable fly
     stag beetle
     stick insect
     stilt bug
     stink bug
     stonefly
     stylops
     tarantula hawk
     tent caterpillar
     termite
     thrips
     thunderbug
     thunderfly
     tiger beetle
     timberman
     tobacco beetle
     tortoise beetle
     treehopper
     tsetse fly
     tumblebug
     turtle bug
     vedelia beetle
     velvet ant
     warble fly
     wart-biter
     wasp
     wasp beetle
     water beetle
     water boatman
     water cricket
     water measurer
     water scorpion
     water strider
     weaver ant
     web-spinner
     webworm
     weevil
     weta
     whirligig
     white ant
     whitefly
     wireworm
     witchetty grub
     wood ant
     woodwasp
     woodworm
     woolly bear
     yellowjacket (N. Amer. informal)

    词源记忆 - insect collapse

    insect 昆虫
    in-, 进入，使；-sect, 切，分，词源同sex, segment。因昆虫分段的躯体而得名。