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caterpillar n.毛毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫 caterpillar (n.) mid-15c., catyrpel, probably altered (by association with Middle English piller "plunderer;" see pillage) from Old North French caterpilose "caterpillar" (Old French chatepelose), literally "shaggy cat" (probably in reference to the "wooly-bear" variety), from Late Latin catta pilosa, from catta "cat" (see cat (n.)) + pilosus "hairy, shaggy, covered with hair," from pilus "hair" (see pile (n.3)). Compare also French chenille "caterpillar," literally "little dog." A Swiss German name for it is teufelskatz "devil's cat." "The caterpillar has in many idioms received the name of other animals" [Kitchin, who cites also Milanese cagnon "little dog," Italian dialectal gattola "little cat," Kentish hop-dog, hop-cat, Portuguese lagarta "lizard." Compare also American English wooly-bear for the hairy variety. An Old English name for it was cawelworm "cole-worm." Caterpillar tractor is from 1908. 【记】养猫者经常会在家里柱子上发现毛毛虫，猫身上带来的。毛毛虫动起来象履带拖拉机。

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['kætəpilə] 【考】 tadpole : frog / caterpillar : buttefly(蝌蚪是青蛙幼虫/毛 虫是蝴蝶幼虫) n. 毛虫(蛾moth和蝴蝶的幼虫)【记】cater(v 迎合), pillar(n 柱子): 毛毛虫喜欢帕柱子, 所以要迎合柱子.【类】tadpole: flog = caterpillar: butterfly蝌蚪是青蛙的幼虫 = 毛毛虫是蝴蝶的幼虫

单词	caterpillar
音标	['kætəpilə]
解释	n.毛毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫
红宝书	【考】 tadpole : frog / caterpillar : buttefly(蝌蚪是青蛙幼虫/毛虫是蝴蝶幼虫)
字源	caterpillar (n.) mid-15c., catyrpel, probably altered (by association with Middle English piller "plunderer;" see pillage) from Old North French caterpilose "caterpillar" (Old French chatepelose), literally "shaggy cat" (probably in reference to the "wooly-bear" variety), from Late Latin catta pilosa, from catta "cat" (see cat (n.)) + pilosus "hairy, shaggy, covered with hair," from pilus "hair" (see pile (n.3)). Compare also French chenille "caterpillar," literally "little dog." A Swiss German name for it is teufelskatz "devil's cat." "The caterpillar has in many idioms received the name of other animals" [Kitchin, who cites also Milanese cagnon "little dog," Italian dialectal gattola "little cat," Kentish hop-dog, hop-cat, Portuguese lagarta "lizard." Compare also American English wooly-bear for the hairy variety. An Old English name for it was cawelworm "cole-worm." Caterpillar tractor is from 1908.
不择手段背单词	n. 毛虫(蛾moth和蝴蝶的幼虫) 【记】cater(v 迎合), pillar(n 柱子): 毛毛虫喜欢帕柱子, 所以要迎合柱子. 【类】tadpole: flog = caterpillar: butterfly蝌蚪是青蛙的幼虫 = 毛毛虫是蝴蝶的幼虫
趣味全助记	【记】养猫者经常会在家里柱子上发现毛毛虫，猫身上带来的。毛毛虫动起来象履带拖拉机。

Caterpillar English French Literally Catta Compare Kætəpilə N.毛毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫