中文翻译与英英解释

n.
甲虫。
vi.
〔英国〕(像甲虫一样)走来走去；匆匆忙忙地走，赶紧；瞎撞，乱撞。 beetle off 〔英俚〕急忙离开，赶。
n.
大(木)槌；夯；杵；槌布机；搅打机。 between the beetle and the block 介于槌砧之间，上下交逼地，在危险中。
vt.
用大槌捶打[打进、打碎]；用杵捣；捶(衣、布等)。
adj.
突出的；愁眉苦脸的。
vi.
(眉、毛、绝壁等)突出，伸出，俯临 (over). a cliff that beetles over the sea 俯临大海的悬崖。 The prospect of bankruptcy beetled over him. 破产的前景威胁着他。 beetling walls 绝壁。

jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows"
同义词：beetling,

beat with a beetle

fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"

be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town"
同义词：overhang,

insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
同义词：mallet,

Pennsylvanian ? Recent

例句与用法

The prospect of bankruptcy beetled over him .
破产的前景威胁着他。

This beetle eats mainly the germ of the grain .
这种甲虫主要吃谷物的胚芽。

The beetle is, in fact, less elongate .
这种甲虫实际上不太长。

This kind of beetles have hard shell .
这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳。

The weevil is a shiny, cylindrical beetle .
象甲科害虫是一种发光的圆柱形甲虫。

There was a nice lively beetle inside each case .
不过每个表壳里都有个活叩头虫。

The beetle scuttled away when i lifted the stone .
我把石头搬起来，那甲虫就逃跑了。

In nature, the beetles probably survive most attacks .
在大自然里，甲虫十之八九是能够无恙脱险的。

I had always wanted to photograph the spray of bombardier beetles .
我早就想拍下喷雾甲虫在喷射时的照片。

Nothing lives in pompeii except crickets and beetles and lizards .
在庞培城里除了蟋蟀、甲壳虫和蜥蜴外，没有别的生物。