an insect of a large order distinguished by having forewings that are typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra), which cover and protect the hindwings and abdomen. see Coleoptera 甲虫。 见 Coleoptera
Order Coleoptera: see Coleoptera 鞘翅目 见 Coleoptera
[mass noun](Brit.)a dice game in which a picture of a beetle is drawn or assembled (英)画甲虫,拼甲虫(一种掷骰子游戏)
verb
[with obj., with adverbial of direction](informal)make one's way hurriedly or with short, quick steps (非正式)快步走,奔忙,匆忙 the tourist beetled off. 游客匆忙离去。
语源
Old English bitula, bitela 'biter', from the base of bītan 'to bite'
beetle2 noun
a very heavy mallet, typically with a wooden head, used for ramming, crushing, driving wedges, etc. (尤指头部为木头的)大槌,夯
a machine used for heightening the lustre of cloth by pressure from rollers 捶布机
verb [with obj.]
ram, crush, or drive with a beetle 用大槌捶,用夯打 ■finish (cloth) with a beetle 用捶布机捶(布)
语源
Old English bētel, of Germanic origin; related to beat
beetle3 verb
[noobj.][usu. as adj. beetling](of a person's eyebrows) project or overhang (人的眉毛)突出,悬垂 piercing eyes glittered beneath a great beetling brow. 突出的浓眉下闪烁着一双犀利的目光。
adjective
[attrib.](of a person's eyebrows) shaggy and projecting (人的眉毛)粗浓而突出的
派生 beetle-browed adjective 语源
mid 16th cent. (as an adjective): back-formation from beetle-browed. The verb was apparently used as a nonce-word by Shakespeare and was later adopted by other writers