| 词汇 | bluebottle |
| 释义 | bluebottle noun[ C ] uk /ˈbluːˌbɒt.əl/ us /ˈbluːˌbɑː.t̬əl/ a big fly with a dark blue shiny body青蝇，绿头蝇，反吐丽蝇（一种体型较大，腹部呈蓝色的苍蝇） Image by Owen Lloyd owenlloydphotography.com/Moment Open/GettyImages Insect names anopheles ant aphid beastie bedbug dragonfly dust mite earwig earworm elm bark beetle housefly insect jigger ladybird lepidopterist silverfish sow bug spider mite stick insect swallowtail Great swarms of bluebottle flies buzzed lazily in the warm sunshine. The bluebottles buzzed about the wall, and a little old mouse picked over the rubbish among the jam pots. The office was very still, except for two bluebottle flies butting against the ceiling and buzzing up and down the window-panes. There was one big bluebottle that had got stuck there on his back with his wings in the sticky stuff. This fly is very like our British bluebottle, with a somewhat greener head, and a body entirely yellow. Examples of bluebottlebluebottle Some seem simply to appear, rather like bluebottles in the spring, when the sun comes out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We call them bluebottles, because they have always sat on the top of the meat vans. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should think there is no place more likely than a lairage to produce large quantities of bluebottle flies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From an institutional point of view, what we are now doing has no greater value, metaphorically speaking, than a bluebottle stopping off on a dung heap. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The most distasteful items were mole and bluebottle; panther, crocodile and mouse were among the other dishes noted by guests. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bluebottle fly adults feed on nectar, while the larvae feed on carcasses of dead animals. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many competitors make this task difficult, e.g. bluebottles and ants or burying beetles of either another or the same species. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Observed prey include largely plant lice, but also large insects such as bluebottle flies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bluebottle is also prone to humorous misnaming of characters, including himself. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bluebottle is written in by the author to help them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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