silverfish
英 ['sɪlvəfɪʃ]
美['sɪlvɚ'fɪʃ]
- n. 蠹虫；银色的鱼
英英释义
- 1. silver-gray wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing
- 2. a silvery variety of Carassius auratus
实用场景例句
- In the wild we saw them feeding on small moths, silverfish and cockroaches.
- 在野外,我们看见它们猎食小蛾 、 鱼和蟑螂.
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双语例句
- 1. In the wild we saw them feeding on small moths, silverfish and cockroaches.
- 在野外,我们看见它们猎食小蛾 、 鱼和蟑螂.
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英文词源
- silverfish (n.)
- 1703, in reference to various types of silver-colored fish (similar formation in German Silberfisch, Dutch zilvervisch); from silver (adj.) + fish (n.). In reference to a type of household insect damaging to books, wallpaper, etc. (also known as silvertail and furniture-bug), it is attested from 1855.
词态变化
复数: silverfishes;