dragonfly
(drægənflaɪ )
Word forms: dragonflies
countable noun
Dragonflies are brightly-coloured insects with long, thin bodies and two sets of wings. Dragonflies are often found near slow-moving water.
Dragonflies dodged across water as dark and still as oil.
Image of dragonfly
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Translations:
Chinese: 蜻蜓
Japanese: トンボ
- draw moisture from
- drawn
- draw near
- draw nigh
- drawn-out
- drawn-out affair
- drawn-out battle
- drawn-out process
- drawn randomly
- draw off
- draw on
- draw out
- draw/pick/pull sth out of a hat
- draw pictures
- draw praise
- draw protest
- draw sb to one side
- draw someone's fire
- draw sth out of a hat
- draw strength
- drawstring
- draw-string
- drawstring bag
- draw the line
- draw the short straw