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。
A beetle was rolling a pellet of dried dung up the hill.
一只屎壳郎正在把一个干粪球往山上滚。
Unlike baby komodos, the potato beetle's feces are actually poisonous to predators.
但是，与科莫多巨蜥幼蜥不同的是，薯虫的粪便对敌人来说是有毒的。
The Asian lady beetle eats aphids that damage crops like soybeans, fruits and berries.
亚洲甲虫吃掉了破坏庄稼的蚜虫，比如大豆，水果和草莓等。
Large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees.
其幼虫在松树中钻洞穴居的大甲虫。
This beetle eats mainly the germ of the grain.
这种甲虫要吃谷物的胚芽。
I, said the Beetle, With my thread and needle, I make the shroud.
我来，甲虫说，我将为他做寿衣，用我的针和线。
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。
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。
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。