名詞 beetle:

1. insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
2. a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
   同義詞：mallet

動(dòng)詞 beetle:

1. be suspended over or hang over
   同義詞：overhang
2. fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
3. beat with a beetle

形容詞 beetle:

1. jutting or overhanging
   同義詞：beetling

1. The pupil like the beetle very much.
   小學(xué)生們很喜歡甲蟲(chóng)。
2. The beetle scurried away when I lifted the stone.
   我把石頭搬起來(lái)時(shí)，那只甲蟲(chóng)跑了。
3. She screamed as she saw the beetle.
   看到甲蟲(chóng)，她尖叫起來(lái)。

beetle

n.（名詞）
Any of numerous insects of the order Coleoptera, having biting mouthparts and forewings modified to form horny coverings that protect the underlying pair of membranous hind wings when at rest.
甲蟲(chóng)：一種甲殼蟲(chóng)類昆蟲(chóng)，具有銳利的嘴部和可變?yōu)榻琴|(zhì)形式的前翼，用來(lái)保護(hù)休息時(shí)收在它下面的一對(duì)很薄的后翼
An insect resembling a member of the order Coleoptera.
甲殼蟲(chóng)：類似甲殼蟲(chóng)類的昆蟲(chóng)
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
bee.tled,bee.tling,bee.tles
To make one`s way or move like a beetle:
快速移動(dòng)：奮力向前或像甲蟲(chóng)一樣移動(dòng)：
例句：
.Chambermaids . . . beetled from bedroom to bedroom loaded with . . . champagne.(Vanity Fair)
.女侍者們端著香檳酒從一個(gè)臥室到另一個(gè)臥室像甲蟲(chóng)一樣走來(lái)走去.(名利場(chǎng))

來(lái)源：
Middle English betil
中古英語(yǔ) betil
from Old English bitela
源自 古英語(yǔ) bitela
from botan [to bite] * see bheid-
源自 botan [咬] *參見(jiàn) bheid-

beetle
beetle 2

adj.（形容詞）
Jutting; overhanging:
突出的：凸出來(lái)的；向…伸出的：
例句：
beetle brows.
突出的眼眉

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
bee.tled,bee.tling,bee.tles
To jut; overhang:
突出；高懸：
例句：
.The rocks often beetled over the road.(Washington Irving)
.石頭常常高懸在路的上方.(華盛頓·歐文)

來(lái)源：
From Middle English bitel-brouwed [grim-browed]
源自 中古英語(yǔ) bitel-brouwed [長(zhǎng)著陰森的眉頭的]
bitel [sharp] probably from Old English *bitol [biting] from Old English bite [bite] * see bit 2
bitel [銳利] 可能源自 古英語(yǔ) *bitol [尖銳地，尖刻地] 源自 古英語(yǔ) bite [咬] *參見(jiàn) bit2
brouwed from brow [brow] * see brow
brouwed 源自 brow [眼眉] *參見(jiàn) brow

beetle
beetle 3

n.（名詞）
A heavy mallet with a large wooden head.
大槌：一個(gè)帶有木制大頭的重槌
A small wooden household mallet.
小木槌：木制的家用小槌
A machine with revolving wooden hammers that gives fabrics a lustrous sheen.
捶布機(jī)：用于給布料加上閃亮光澤的帶旋轉(zhuǎn)木槌的機(jī)器

來(lái)源：
Middle English betel
中古英語(yǔ) betel
from Old English bttl * see bhau-
源自 古英語(yǔ) bttl *參見(jiàn) bhau-