| 单词 | gold beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold beetle gold beetle n. [originally after German Goldkäfer (15th cent. as goltkefer ; 1719 in the passage translated in quot. 1731)] chiefly U.S. any of various beetles with a metallic, esp. golden, lustre; spec. those of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae.Cf. golden beetle n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 3b. ΚΠ 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 178 There is one Sort, which I may call Gold-Beetles; the Head and Wings being of a gold-Colour. 1868 Amer. Entomologist Aug. 250/1 Cassida pallida..(Gold-beetle; common on Morning-glory and Sweet Potato vines). 1928 H. Allen in E. A. Poe Gold Bug Foreword p. xxiii One of these, which doubtless first suggested the idea to Poe is the Callichroma, frequently spoken of as the gold-beetle. 2010 Appl. Optics 49 4562/2 In bright light, the gold beetle A[noplognathus] parvulus is shiny and conspicuous, but in diffuse light..it reflects its surroundings and..becomes invisible. < as lemmas |
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