tiger moth如何读

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tiger moth是什么意思

  • 释义

    虎蛾,灯蛾;

  • tiger moth英英释义

    noun

    any of numerous moths that are often brightly colored and have conspicuous stripes or spots on their wings, and whose larvae have woolly coats.

    tiger moth词源英文解释

    The first known use of tiger moth was in 1816

    tiger moth儿童词典英英释义

    timber wolfnoun

    gray wolf

    tight-lippedadjective

    having the lips closed tight (as in determination)

    not liking to speak : taciturn

    tight1 of 2adjective

    so close in structure as not to allow something (as liquid, gas, or light) to pass through

    a tight roof

    fixed very firmly in place

    loosen a tight jar cover

    not slack or loose a tight knot

    kept the rope tight

    fitting too closely

    tight shoes

    difficult to get through or out of on a tight schedule

    in a tight spot

    firm in control

    kept a tight hand on affairs

    stingy sense 1

    very closely packed or compressed

    a tight bale of hay

    low in supply : scarce

    money is tight just now

    tight2 of 2adverb

    in a tight manner

    hold on tight

    so as to be tight wound the spring tight

    shut the door tight

    in a deep and uninterrupted manner : soundly

    sleep tight

    neck and neckadverb or adjective

    very close (as in a race)

    stick1 of 2noun

    a cut or broken branch of twig especially when dry and dead

    a long slender piece of wood or metal: as

    a club or staff used as a weapon

    walking stick sense 1

    something used for striking or moving an object in a game

    something like a stick in shape or use

    a stick of dynamite

    something prepared in a long and slender form a stick of butter

    carrot sticks

    a person who is dull or lifeless

    plural remote usually rural districts

    way out in the sticks

    stick2 of 2verb

    to stab with something pointed : pierce

    to kill by piercing

    to cause to penetrate

    stuck a needle in my finger

    to fasten by pushing in : attach

    stuck a flower in my buttonhole

    to push out, up, or under

    stuck out my hand

    to put or set in a specified place or position

    stuck the cap on my head

    to cling to a surface

    snowflakes stuck on the windowpane

    to bring to a halt : prevent the movement or action of

    the car got stuck in traffic

    baffle entry 1 sense 1, stump

    got stuck on the first problem

    cheat entry 1 sense 1, defraud

    to burden with something disagreeable

    stuck with the job of cleaning up

    to become fixed in place by or as if by gluing

    his foot stuck in the mud

    to remain in a place, situation, or environment

    decided to stick where he was

    to hold to something tightly : cling

    she stuck to her story

    to become blocked or jammed

    the desk drawer always sticks

    to be unable to proceed (as through fear or conscience)

    tiger mothnoun

    any of a family of stout-bodied moths usually with broad striped or spotted wings

    tiger moth 例句

    1 And because tiger moths are toxic to bats, that left Gough with a hypothesis.

    2 Head to the Valley of the Butterflies, a gorgeous forest full of streams and trodden paths, where tiger moths mature in July and August.

    3 Himmelman says that woolly bears (those fuzzy black and brown caterpillars) and other tiger moth caterpillars spend winter in leaf debris.

    4 The ladybug begins life as a spiky black crawler; the garden tiger moth starts out life as an extravagantly furred caterpillar.

    5 If a predator does attack, the wood tiger moth may ooze liquids from two parts of its body.

    6 That's how the expression would go if a wood tiger moth coined it, anyway.

    7 The scientists still don't know how the wood tiger moth makes both of these fluids.

    8 Some species of tiger moth, while making their dramatic maneuvers, also make clicking sounds that jam a bat's sonar.

    9 Miss Lin shook her head, then fluttered from the room like a moth.

    林小姐摇头,就像扑火的灯蛾似的扑向外面去了。

    tiger moth 同义词

    1 灯蛾

    wool-bear

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