"maggots" in Chinese (Traditional)
Definition
蒼蠅的幼蟲,體型小、柔軟、白色,通常出現在腐爛的食物或死去的動物等腐爛有機物中。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
幾乎總是用複數形式'maggots'。帶有強烈的厭惡感。在釣魚中,蛆蟲常被用作魚餌。不要與'worm'(蠕蟲)混淆。
Examples
The trash can was full of maggots because no one emptied it.
垃圾桶裡滿是**蛆蟲**,因為沒人倒垃圾。
Fishermen sometimes use maggots as bait to catch fish.
漁民有時用**蛆蟲**作魚餌來釣魚。
When she opened the old box, she found maggots crawling inside.
當她打開那個舊箱子時,發現裡面爬滿了**蛆蟲**。
I nearly gagged when I saw maggots wriggling around in the forgotten leftovers at the back of the fridge.
當我看到冰箱深處被遺忘的剩菜裡有**蛆蟲**在蠕動時,我差點作嘔。
Believe it or not, doctors sometimes use sterile maggots to clean infected wounds because they eat dead tissue.
信不信由你,醫生有時會使用無菌**蛆蟲**來清理感染的傷口,因為牠們會喫掉壞死組織。
The compost bin had maggots all over it, which is actually a sign the decomposition process is working well.
堆肥箱上到處都是**蛆蟲**,這其實說明分解過程進展良好。