| 词汇 | cockchafer |
| 释义 | cockchafer noun[ C ] uk /ˈkɒkˌtʃeɪ.fər/ us /ˈkɑːkˌtʃeɪ.fɚ/ a type of European beetle that causes damage to trees金龟（一种产于欧洲、危害树木的昆虫） emer1940/iStock/Getty Images Plus/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 A cockchafer came droning over the hedge and past us. A cockchafer hummed merrily at Anton's ear, and, high in air, the lark was chanting his evening lay. Still the cockchafer kept on humming, and the lark soared higher in its rapturous song. Then there were the moths—tiger moths, yellow moths, and horrid cockchafers. We put him into a large box with some hay in it, and as he still seemed hungry that evening, we gave him a couple of cockchafers from the kitchen, which he appeared to relish mightily. Examples of cockchafercockchafer The cockchafer overwinters in the earth at depths between 20 and 100 cm. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She writes rather negatively about him, says that he had held her too tight and his body had looked like a cockchafer grub. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Only with the modernization of agriculture in the 20th century and the invention of chemical pesticides did it become possible to effectively combat the cockchafer. 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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