英语释义

1. clothes moth

2. any of various usually nocturnal lepidopteran insects with antennae that are often feathery, with a stouter body, duller coloring, and proportionately smaller wings than the butterflies, and with larvae that are plant-eating caterpillars

3. a kind of insect that is similar to a butterfly but that flies mostly at night and is usually less colorful

4. an insect that usually flies at night and has mostly feathery antennae and stouter body, duller coloring, and smaller wings than the related butterflies

片语

cosmopterigid moths尖翅蛾科

clothes moths[植保] 衣蛾

oecophorid moths织叶蛾科

silkworm moth蚕蛾

silk moth蚕蛾

ermine moths巢蛾

diamondback moth[植保] 小菜蛾

flannel moths绒蛾科

gypsy moth舞毒蛾（等于Porthetria dispar）

tussock moths毒蛾

thyridid moths窗蛾科

incurvariid moths穿孔蛾科

carpet moths波尺蛾

英汉例句

• In southern Africa, Mopani worms - the caterpillars of Emperor moths - are popular snacks.

  在非洲南部，莫帕尼蠕虫——帝王蛾的幼虫是一种流行的小吃。

• Another tray holds dozens of postage-stamp–sized brown moths pinned in evenly spaced rows.

  另一个托盘盛着几十只邮票大小的褐色蛾，按相等间隔钉着排列。

• Canada—Fluttering wings leave lacy trails as moths beat their way to a floodlight on a rural Ontario lawn.

  加拿大——安大略湖畔的乡间草地，飞蛾扑向灯光，舞动的翅膀在仲夏夜空中留下花边似的轨迹。

• Some species of moths have developed hairs on their wings that absorb the bats「 sounds.

  某些种类的蛾子翅膀上长出了绒毛，可以吸收蝙蝠所发出的声音。

• There are hissing cockroaches, giant jumping rats, pygmy chameleons, moths as big as dinner plates, along with various kinds of lemurs.

  这里有发出嘶嘶声的蟑螂、巨大的跳鼠、小型蜥蜴、和餐盘一样大的蛾子、以及各种各样的猕猴。

• The collection includes butterflies and moths from all over theworld.

  蝴蝶馆里面收藏了世界各地的蝴蝶和蛾类。

• Autumn — time to drag out your winter clothes and see what kind of summer fun the moths had.

  秋天——是时候挖出你的冬季衣服，看看蛾子们在夏天都过得多乐。

• A British author named Vincent Holt published an essay advocating it in 1885, along with a nice selection of menus — moths on toast, anyone? — in a pamphlet called Why Not Eat Insects?

  在1885年英国的一位作者文森特·豪特在一本叫做《为啥不吃昆虫》的小册子里发表了一篇文章来推广这个事情，在一个精心挑选的菜单的配合下——在烤面包上的飞蛾，谁？

• After the talk, I would identify moths using a guide written in 1923, in silence or listening to stories of his dog」s latest antics.

  在交谈之后，我会默默地利用1923年的工具书来区分蛾子，或者听他讲关于小狗的滑稽趣事。

• Through the open Windows, a breeze blew across the top of the sheets, and moths beat their wings in retreat from their perches on the window screen.

  习习轻风吹进敞开的窗户，从被子上掠过。停在窗玻璃上的蛾子扑扇着翅膀飞走。

• The room thrummed with the activity of packets fluttering to and fro like little digital moths around a digital streetlight.

  房间里的活动数据包来回地跳跃着，就像围绕着数字路灯的数字飞蛾。

• But moths survive by being camouflaged, and [ladybugs] survive by being conspicuous and telling birds not to eat them.

  然而飞蛾通过伪装自己生存，瓢虫却通过引人注目来告诉鸟类不要吃他们。

• The challenge was to identify which of the many different kinds of caterpillars belonged to which species of moths or butterflies.

  收集了如此多的毛毛虫，挑战也随之而来，如何辨别不同种的毛毛虫是属于哪种蛾子或蝴蝶成了大问题。

• To stop himself going 「completely mad」 in his London bed-sit, Farrell bred giant silk moths in a cage.

  为了避免自己在伦敦的卧室兼起居室里「彻底疯掉」，法雷尔在笼子里喂养大蚕蛾。

• WHAT is it that draws some people towards their own destruction, like moths to a flame?

  如何描绘有些人走向毁灭的景象，就像飞蛾扑火一般吗？

• Atlas moths are found in the tropical and subtropical forests of South-East Asia.

  乌桕大蚕蛾在热带以及东南亚的亚热带森林较为常见。

• I was known to collect moths and butterflies and to get into no worse mischief than hiding now and again an old tailless white rat in my coat-pocket or my desk.

  大家知道我喜欢收集飞蛾和蝴蝶，最调皮的事情也不过是偶尔把一只没尾巴的老鼠藏进口袋或是课桌里。