名 insect，worm，a surname，bug ；

[例句] 甲壳虫乐队——我是百听不厌. The Beatles— I never get tired of listening to them.

[例句] 土壤排水畅通，鼻涕虫就不会造成什么麻烦。 The soil drains freely and slugs aren't a problem.

insect，hexapod ；

[例句] 昆虫很讨厌皮肤内维生素的气味。 The odour of vitamin in skin is repugnant to insects.

[例句] 我继续研究飞蛾，并将研究范围扩展到其他昆虫。 I continued studying moths, and branched out to other insects.

worm，helminth ；

[例句] 蠕虫的寿命为几个月。 Worms have a lifespan of a few months.

[例句] 觅食蠕虫的鸟 birds looking for worms

nematode，nemathelminth，oat nematode，nematoid，eelworm ；

[例句] 消化障碍是各种胃线虫感染的常见症状. Digestive disturbances are common in infections with all the stomach worms.

[例句] 线虫破坏大豆根系的特征是:根系粗糙. Nematode damage to the soybean roots is characterized by coarse roots.

larva，larvi-，grub，nit ；

[例句] 由于幼虫对药物有免疫力，因此必须经常喷药。 Because of the immunity of the immature insects, it'simportant to spray regularly.

[例句] 幼虫钻进了地板的缝隙里。 The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.

[动] tapeworm，cestode ；

[例句] 你甚至可以看到一条28英尺长的绦虫在这里展出。 You'll even find a 28-foot-long tapeworm on display.

[例句] 绵羊扩展莫尼茨绦虫的致病力已经争论很久了. The pathogenicity of Moniezia expansa in sheep has long been debated.

[无脊椎] imago (pl. imagoes, imagines)，adult ；

[例句] 毛虫钻入果实，并在其中生长为成虫。 The caterpillars tunnel into the fruit to grow and mature.

[例句] 幼虫生活在地面上，不像成虫后那么美丽，但是同样会捕食。 The earthbound larvae from which they develop are less pretty, but just as predatory.

Cimex bedbug，bug，cimicid，clinocoris，bedbug ；

[例句] 我们常常受臭虫骚扰. We were often vexed by bedbugs.

[例句] 老鼠倒是没再来, 可天一热,臭虫猛可里多得惊死人. The rat had never come back, but the bugs had multiplied hideously in the heat.

glowworm，firefly，fire beetle，firebug，fireworm；

[例句] 萤火虫夜间飞行时发出闪光. Fireflies give off flashes of light when they fly at night.

[例句] 萤火虫是一种甲虫. A firefly is a type of beetle.

carnivorism ；

[例句] 昆虫会使我们无法在这个世界上生存: 如果不是由于食虫动物的 保 Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds , if it were not for the protection we get from insect - eating animals.

[例句] 我们引起食虫种的大多数群落已接近饱和. Most communities into which we introduce entomophagous species are near species saturation.

[无脊椎] fluke，trematode ；

[例句] 有些吸虫可长达一厘米. Some flukes can be as long as 1 cm.

[例句] 许多很不利的因素可使吸虫数量减少十分之一. Many adversities decimate the fluke numbers.

[无脊椎] insect that eats books, clothes or wood，moth，borer，bristletail ；

[例句] 这些木梁被蛀虫蛀得都是洞。 The beams are riddled with woodworm.

[例句] 蛀虫将我的羊毛衫蛀蚀了几个小洞. The moths have eaten holes in my wool coat.

ascarid，Ascaris lumbricoides，roundworm，bellyworm，lumbricoid ；

[例句] 只有化作他肚子里的蛔虫才有可能猜出他在想什么。 Only by being him can you hope to outguess him.

[例句] 枸橼酸哌嗪治疗蛔虫感染是最好的药物. Piperazine citrate is the drug of choice in the treatment of Ascaris infestations.

（蛀虫） moth，a harmful person，vermin，clothes moth，silverfish ；

[例句] 这块布被蠹虫蛀坏了. This piece of cloth was eaten by a moth.

[例句] 二是松毛虫 、 森林鼠害 、 杨树食叶害虫等常发性病虫害;三是小蠹虫 、 萧氏松茎象等钻蛀性害虫. The key pests and rat and pine moth, forest rats, defoliator of the poplars , bristletail.

（寄生在别的生物体内或体外的动物； 比喻靠别人为生的人） parasite，animal parasiteras，easy rider，helminth，louse；

yesman，echo，parrot，mouthpiece ；

[例句] 他是主人的应声虫. He is an echo of his master.

[例句] 我不要再做拿钱任你使唤的应声虫。 I'm not staying as a paid lackey to act as your yes-man.

aphid，aphis，plant louse，aphides，budworm ；

[例句] 蚜虫正在毁掉一片片的小麦和大麦田地。 The aphid is now laying waste to the wheat and barley fields.

[例句] 这些玫瑰花上有蚜虫。 The roses have got greenfly.

amoeba （音译 “阿米巴”），amoebae ；

[例句] 变形虫是很简单的生物体. The amoeba is a very simple organism.

[例句] 当环境不利时,变形虫产生包囊. An amoeba forms a cyst when conditions are unfavourable.

ladybug，ladybird，lady beetle，ladybird beetle ；

[例句] 而幼龄瓢虫则可吃掉数百只蚜虫. The young beetle larvae can eat hundreds of aphids.

[例句] 分组后,瓢虫和下拉阴影, 将它放在叶片. After grouping the ladybug and drop shadow, place it on the leaf.

beetle，dung beetle，[电影]Junebug；

[例句] 一种稀有甲虫 a rare species of beetle

[例句] 我看见树叶上有一只闪闪发光的绿色甲虫. He saw a shiny green beetle on a leaf.