| 单词 | caterpillar |
| 释义 | caterpillar /kat"euh pil'euhr, kat"euhr-/, n. 1. the wormlike larva of a butterfly or a moth. 2. a person who preys on others; extortioner. [1400-50; late ME catyrpel, prob. alter. of an ONF var. of OF chatepelose, equiv. to chate CAT1 + pelose hairy ( << L pilosus; see PILOSE); -yr prob. by assoc. with cater tomcat (see CATERWAUL); final -er prob. by assoc. with piller despoiler (see PILLAGE, -ER1); cf. CHENILLE] |
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