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Larva Latin Sense Lɑ:Və N.(昆虫的)幼虫 例 Caterpillar Butterfly

单词 larva
音标 ['lɑ:və]
解释 n.(昆虫的)幼虫
红宝书 【例】 The caterpillar is the larva of the butterfly.
字源 larva (n.)
1650s, "a ghost, specter," from Latin larva (plural larvae), earlier larua "ghost," also "mask;" applied in biological sense 1768 by Linnaeus because immature forms of insects "mask" the adult forms. On the double sense of the Latin word, Carlo Ginzburg, among other students of mythology and folklore, has commented on "the well-nigh universal association between masks and the spirits of the dead."
不择手段背单词 n. (昆虫的)幼虫(没有翅膀, 象蛆般的形状)
【记】larva一词指昆虫在变形前刚孵化出来的幼虫, 来源于拉丁词larva, 意为"quot;邪恶的精灵, 鬼怪, 恶魔"quot;. 这个拉丁词语还用于指一种令人恐惧的面具, 后来Larva在形容昆虫成熟之前被隐藏或遮盖的这一段时期的时候, 成为一个适合的名称. 读: 拉味儿-昆虫拉出来的有味道的东西-幼虫.
趣味全助记 【记】lava 是熔岩,lava里有许多幼虫

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