beetle

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
  2. A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
  3. Archaic spelling of betel. alt-of,archaic
    — Scatter black sand, and offer camphor, sandal, flowers, beetle-leaves, and all sorts of fragrance.
  4. A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts. uncountable
    — Guessing competitions were tackled with much enthusiasm, followed by a beetle drive, and judging by the laughter, this was popular with all.
  5. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
  6. Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”). alt-of
    — For quotations using this term, see Citations:beetle.
动词 v.
  1. To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.
    — He beetled off on his vacation.
  2. To loom over; to extend or jut (above). ambitransitive
    — The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.
  3. To beat with a heavy mallet.
  4. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
    — to beetle cotton goods
形容词 adj.
  1. Protruding, jutting, overhanging.
    — beetle brows

词形变化

beetles plural bittle alternative,obsolete betel alternative,obsolete bittil alternative,obsolete beetles present,singular,third-person beetling participle,present beetled participle,past beetled past bittle alternative,obsolete betel alternative,obsolete bittil alternative,obsolete more beetle comparative most beetle superlative beetles present,singular,third-person beetling participle,present beetled participle,past beetled past beetles plural beetles present,singular,third-person beetling participle,present beetled participle,past beetled past beetles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, bītel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil, from Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), equivalent to bite + -le. Cognate with Old High German bicco (“beetle”), Danish bille (“beetle”), Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”).
词源 2
From Middle English bitel-brouwed (“beetle-browed”). Possibly after beetle, from the fact that some beetles have bushy antennae.
词源 3
From Middle English betel, from Old English bȳtel, bīetel (“hammer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautil (“hammer, mallet”), equivalent to beat + -le. Cognate with Low German Bötel (“mallet”).
词源 4
Borrowed from Portuguese bétele, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila) or Tamil வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai).
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