| 单词 | small white |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmall white small white n. a common pierid butterfly, Peiris rapae, native to Eurasia and North Africa but introduced elsewhere, which has chiefly white wings and is a pest of cabbages and related plants; frequently attributive; cf. cabbage white n. at cabbage n.1 Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1773 Wilkes' Eng. Moths & Butterflies (new ed.) 50 The Small White Garden-butterfly breeds twice a Year: The first Brood is at the Beginning of May, and the second in July. 1865 Intellect. Observer No. 47. 396 The small white cabbage-butterfly (Pieris Rapæ). 1940 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 9 244 The three common British Pierines are the small white (P. rapae (L.)), the large white (P. brassicae (L.)) and the green-veined white (P. napi (L.)). 2011 National Trust Mag. Summer 51/2 Feel unabashed at lumping small and Essex skippers together and treating the large and small whites as ‘cabbage whites’. < as lemmas |
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