beetle

名词 beetle:

1. insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
2. a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
   同义词：mallet

动词 beetle:

1. be suspended over or hang over
   同义词：overhang
2. fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
3. beat with a beetle

形容词 beetle:

1. jutting or overhanging
   同义词：beetling

1. The pupil like the beetle very much.
   小学生们很喜欢甲虫。
2. The beetle scurried away when I lifted the stone.
   我把石头搬起来时，那只甲虫跑了。
3. She screamed as she saw the beetle.
   看到甲虫，她尖叫起来。

beetle

n.（名词）
Any of numerous insects of the order Coleoptera, having biting mouthparts and forewings modified to form horny coverings that protect the underlying pair of membranous hind wings when at rest.
甲虫：一种甲壳虫类昆虫，具有锐利的嘴部和可变为角质形式的前翼，用来保护休息时收在它下面的一对很薄的后翼
An insect resembling a member of the order Coleoptera.
甲壳虫：类似甲壳虫类的昆虫
v.intr.（不及物动词）
bee.tled,bee.tling,bee.tles
To make one`s way or move like a beetle:
快速移动：奋力向前或像甲虫一样移动：
例句：
.Chambermaids . . . beetled from bedroom to bedroom loaded with . . . champagne.(Vanity Fair)
.女侍者们端着香槟酒从一个卧室到另一个卧室像甲虫一样走来走去.(名利场)

来源：
Middle English betil
中古英语 betil
from Old English bitela
源自 古英语 bitela
from botan [to bite] * see bheid-
源自 botan [咬] *参见 bheid-

beetle
beetle 2

adj.（形容词）
Jutting; overhanging:
突出的：凸出来的；向…伸出的：
例句：
beetle brows.
突出的眼眉

v.intr.（不及物动词）
bee.tled,bee.tling,bee.tles
To jut; overhang:
突出；高悬：
例句：
.The rocks often beetled over the road.(Washington Irving)
.石头常常高悬在路的上方.(华盛顿·欧文)

来源：
From Middle English bitel-brouwed [grim-browed]
源自 中古英语 bitel-brouwed [长着阴森的眉头的]
bitel [sharp] probably from Old English *bitol [biting] from Old English bite [bite] * see bit 2
bitel [锐利] 可能源自 古英语 *bitol [尖锐地，尖刻地] 源自 古英语 bite [咬] *参见 bit2
brouwed from brow [brow] * see brow
brouwed 源自 brow [眼眉] *参见 brow

beetle
beetle 3

n.（名词）
A heavy mallet with a large wooden head.
大槌：一个带有木制大头的重槌
A small wooden household mallet.
小木槌：木制的家用小槌
A machine with revolving wooden hammers that gives fabrics a lustrous sheen.
捶布机：用于给布料加上闪亮光泽的带旋转木槌的机器

来源：
Middle English betel
中古英语 betel
from Old English bttl * see bhau-
源自 古英语 bttl *参见 bhau-