beetle

英 [ˈbiːtl]

美 [ˈbiːtl]

n. 甲虫; “甲壳虫”小汽车(一款大众牌小汽车的英语名)
v. 快速移动

复数：beetles　现在分词：beetling　过去式：beetled　第三人称单数：beetles　过去分词：beetled　

Collins.1 / BNC.8094 / COCA.7196

牛津词典

noun

甲虫
an insect, often large and black, with a hard case on its back, covering its wings. There are several types of beetle .
“甲壳虫”小汽车（一款大众牌小汽车的英语名）
the English name for the original Volkswagen small car with a round shape at the front and the back

verb

快速移动
to move somewhere quickly
1. I last saw him beetling off down the road.
  我上次见到他时，他正快步沿路而去。

noun

insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden)
Synonym:mallet

verb

beat with a beetle
fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
1. He beetled up the staircase
2. They beetled off home
be suspended over or hang over
1. This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town
Synonym:overhang

adj

He saw a shiny green beetle on a leaf.
我看见树叶上有一只闪闪发光的绿色甲虫。
Brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems.
颜色鲜艳的甲虫，以植物的叶子为食；幼虫在树根和树干上滋生。
This beetle eats mainly the germ of the grain.
这种甲虫要吃谷物的胚芽。
Scientists in Germany who study biomaterials have now figured out how the beetle does it.
在德国研究生物材料的科学家们现在已经弄明白了甲虫是怎样做的。
Other people uninterested in the sermon found relief in the beetle, and they eyed it too.
其他的人对牧师的布道也不感兴趣，就拿这只甲虫来解闷，他们也盯着它看。
It does seem as if he's learnt his lesson,@ added the beetle.
“他看起来好像已经从中吸取到教训了，”甲虫接着说道。
How do this hot, toxic not injure or kill the beetle from the inside?
为什么这些在甲虫体内的热的、有毒的物质并没有伤害或者是杀死它们呢？
A small, green beetle approached from the crowd.
一只小绿甲虫从昆虫群里挤了出来，来到我跟前。
That beetle you squashed was my husband,@ she sobbed.
那只你压扁的甲虫是我的丈夫，她抽泣道。
A firefly is a type of beetle.
萤火虫是一种甲虫。