| 单词 | insect |
| 释义 | insect (once / 272 pages) n An insect is commonly called a bug. Flies, bees, spiders, and wasps are all insects. Insects are the most numerous type of animals on Earth — and also some of the least popular. These tiny, air-breathing arthropods always seem to be where you don't want them. Mosquitoes, ants, and bees can ruin a picnic. Moths ruin clothes. Spiders scare the heck out of people. Cockroaches are disgusting and extremely hard to kill. It's no wonder insects aren't as popular as cats or dogs. WORD FAMILYinsect: insects USAGE EXAMPLESThe first pesticide to be tested will be propoxur, which is commonly used against fleas and other insects. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) A lot of Sue’s work begins with a sketch, whether it is to create a new flower arrangement, insect or a design for a customer. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) The zoo and Wild Place Project are home to around 500 species, from tiny fish and insects to gorillas and hippos. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1n small air-breathing arthropod Hypo|Hyper social insect an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species ephemeral, ephemeronanything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form holometabola, metabolainsects that undergo complete metamorphosis defoliatoran insect that strips the leaves from plants pollinatoran insect that carries pollen from one flower to another gallflyany of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed mecopteranany of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera collembolan, springtailany of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water proturan, telsontailany of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter beetleinsect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings web spinnerany of a small order of slender typically tropical insects that nest in colonies in silken tunnels that they spin louse, sucking lousewingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals bird louse, biting louse, lousewingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds fleaany wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insectsinsects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing leaf miner, leaf-minerany of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insectinsects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing workersterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae termite, white antwhitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insectany of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts phasmid, phasmid insectlarge cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects dictyopterous insectcockroaches and mantids buggeneral term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate bug, hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insectinsects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis heteropterous insecttrue bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips homopteran, homopterous insectinsects having membranous forewings and hind wings psocopterous insectsmall soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs ephemerid, ephemeropteranshort-lived insect plecopteran, stone fly, stoneflyprimitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insectinsect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins odonatelarge primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings trichopteran, trichopteron, trichopterous insectcaddis fly thysanuran insect, thysanuronprimitive wingless insects: bristletail thysanopter, thysanopteron, thysanopterous insectan insect of the order Thysanoptera earwigany of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen lepidopteran, lepidopteron, lepidopterous insectinsect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales pupaan insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult imagoan adult insect produced after metamorphosis queenthe only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs scorpion flyany of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennae; males have a tail like that of a scorpion except it is not venomous hanging flyany of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae tiger beetleactive usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybugsmall round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests carabid beetle, ground beetlepredacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects firefly, lightning bugnocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetlelong-bodied beetle having very long antennae chrysomelid, leaf beetlebrightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems carpet beetle, carpet bugsmall beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics clerid, clerid beetlepredacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic lamellicorn beetlebeetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments elater, elaterid, elaterid beetleany of various widely distributed beetles water beetleany of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming whirligig beetleaquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surface Xestobium rufovillosum, deathwatch, deathwatch beetlebores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death weevilany of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles blister beetle, meloidbeetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin bark beetlesmall beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils rove beetleactive beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits Anoplophora glabripennis, Asian longhorned beetlea beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees; lives inside the tree; no natural predators in the United States Pediculus humanus, common lousehead or body louse Pediculus capitis, head louseinfests the head and body of humans Pediculus corporis, body louse, cootiea parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings Phthirius pubis, crab, crab louse, pubic lousea louse that infests the pubic region of the human body Menopon gallinae, Menopon palladum, chicken louse, shaft lousea louse parasitic on poultry Pulex irritansthe most common flea attacking humans Ctenocephalides canis, dog fleaflea that attacks dogs and cats Ctenocephalides felis, cat fleaflea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats Tunga penetrans, chigger, chigoe, chigoe fleasmall tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans Echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight, sticktight fleaparasitic on especially the heads of chickens gall gnat, gall midge, gallflyfragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants flytwo-winged insects characterized by active flight bee killer, robber flyswift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing fruit fly, pomace flyany of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits hippoboscid, louse flybloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals mosquitotwo-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals gnatany of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies fungus gnatmosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation fungus gnat, sciara, sciaridminute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings crane fly, daddy longlegslong-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite beeany of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species queen beefertile egg-laying female bee soldiera wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony worker beesterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive waspsocial or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting Mutillidae, family Mutillidaea family of wasps chalcid, chalcid fly, chalcid wasp, chalcidflyany of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects ichneumon flyhymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae sawflyinsect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant ant, emmet, pismiresocial insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers dry-wood termiteany of various termites that live in and feed on dry wood that is not connected with the soil Reticulitermes flanipesdestructive United States termite Reticulitermes lucifugusdestructive European termite Mastotermes darwiniensisAustralian termite; sole living species of Mastotermes; called a living fossil; apparent missing link between cockroaches and termites Mastotermes electromexicusan extinct termite found in amber in southern Mexico Mastotermes electrodominicusextinct termite found in amber in the Dominican Republic grasshopper, hopperterrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping cricketleaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together stick insect, walking stick, walkingstickany of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies leaf insect, walking leaftropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies cockroach, roachany of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests mantid, mantispredacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer leaf bug, plant bugsmall bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices lygaeid, lygaeid buga true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees coreid, coreid buga true bug Cimex lectularius, bed bug, bedbug, chinchbug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood Notonecta undulata, backswimmerpredaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites true bugany of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera water buga true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water assassin bug, reduviida true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals firebuga true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain cotton stainera true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton whiteflyminute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects coccid insectscale insects and mealybugs louse, plant louseany of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants cicada, cicalastout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone spittle insect, spittlebugsmall leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete leafhoppersmall leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants plant hopper, planthopperrelated to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants psocidsmall winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter Liposcelis divinatorius, book louse, booklouse, deathwatchminute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers Plectopherain some former classifications: name for the Ephemeroptera dayfly, mayfly, shadflyslender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days ant lion, antlion, antlion flywinged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants lacewing, lacewing flyany of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids Corydalus cornutus, dobson, dobson fly, dobsonflylarge soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait fish fly, fish-flysimilar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait Sialis lutaria, alder fly, alderflydark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae snakeflypredatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax mantispidinsect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps spongefly, spongillaflyhairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges darning needle, devil's darning needle, dragonfly, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feederslender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. damselflyslender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest caddice fly, caddice-fly, caddis fly, caddis-flysmall moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae bristletailsmall wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail Lepisma saccharina, silverfishsilver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing jumping bristletail, machilidwingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed thrip, thripid, thripsany of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive Forficula auricularia, common European earwigsometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs butterflydiurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings mothtypically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae chrysalispupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon arthropod invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin 2n a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect Syn|Hyper dirt ball, louse, worm disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
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