larva

/'lɑ:vә/

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现代语料频率: 9123

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中文翻译

n. 幼虫

[医] 幼虫(昆虫), 蚴(蠕虫)

英文解释

n. the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

词态变化

复数形式:larvae

常见例句

A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals

A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.

aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form

s having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form

distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae