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"maggot" in Chinese (Simplified)

蛆虫

Definition

Maggot 是苍蝇的柔软、白色的幼虫,通常在腐烂的食物、植物或动物体中发现。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Maggot” 通常用于科学或非正式语境,带有令人不快的感觉,有时用作侮辱。在英语里主要指腐烂物中的苍蝇幼虫。

Examples

A rotten apple was full of maggots.

一个烂苹果里全是**蛆虫**。

Flies lay eggs that become maggots.

苍蝇下蛋孵化成**蛆虫**。

The meat went bad and was covered in maggots.

肉变质了,长满了**蛆虫**。

Seeing one maggot in the trash made me lose my appetite.

看到垃圾里有一只**蛆虫**,我就没胃口了。

Farmers sometimes use maggots to help clean wounds in animals because they eat only dead tissue.

有时农民会用**蛆虫**帮助动物清理伤口,因为它们只吃死组织。

If you leave food out in the summer, you're likely to find it filled with maggots after a few days.

夏天如果把食物放在外面,几天后可能会发现里面都是**蛆虫**。