中文词源
pupa 蛹
来自拉丁语papa,小女孩，布偶，来自pupus,小男孩，-a,表阴性。瑞典植物学家林奈借用该词命名，把蛹比做未长大的小女孩。
英语词源
- pupa (n.)
- "post-larval stage of an insect," 1773, special use by Linnæus (1758) of Latin pupa "girl, doll, puppet" (see pupil (n.1)) on notion of "undeveloped creature." Related: Pupal; pupiform.
权威例句
- 1. The butterfly emerged from the pupa.
- 蝴蝶由蛹孵化而出.
- 2. Silent transformation in the way , the pupa into a butterfly.
- 在无声之中蜕变, 蛹变成蝴蝶.
- 3. They are egg, young ( wormlike form ) , pupa and adult ( winged form ) .
- 它们是卵 、 幼虫 、 蛹、 成虫.
- 4. A man one day pick up a butterfly pupa.
- 有一个人无意中找到一个蝴蝶蛹.
- 5. The insect stows tomorrow in the egg and pupa.
- 昆虫把明天蕴藏在卵蛹之中.