"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**。