名 （能吐丝作茧的昆虫， 通常专指家蚕） silkworm；

[例句] 蚕孵出后食桑叶. Silkworms are fed mulberry leaves after they have hatched.

[例句] 他们靠养蚕等增加了收入. They increased their income by raising silkworms and so on.

silkworm cocoon，pod ；

[例句] 报道了适用于蚕茧、丝绸仓库的杀虫剂 ICW -98的研制过程. An insecticide ICW - 98 for the cocoon and silk warehouse was prepared.

[例句] 蚕茧喷射出彩色的光芒,将整个世界紧紧联系在一起. Their coloured light burst forth and seemed to connect all worlds.

Vicia faba，broad bean，horsebean ；

[例句] 要慢慢适应才能吃得惯蚕豆。 Broad beans are very much an acquired taste.

[例句] 她自己种蚕豆. She grows her own favas.

（天然丝） natural silk，silk ；

[例句] 养蚕是为了得到蚕丝. Silkworm culture is practised in order to get silk.

[例句] 在蚕丝中, 更确切地讲,这些链是反向平行的. In silk, it would be better to describe the chains as being antiparallel.

（比喻逐渐侵占） nibble (up)，encroach on [upon] ；

[例句] 几家制造商也在蚕食福特公司的传统客户群。 Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.

[例句] 通货膨胀开始蚕食他们的存款. Inflation began to nibble away at their savings.

bombyx，silkworm，Bombyx mori ；

[例句] 家蚕线粒体基因组全序列测定及分析. The Complete Sequence Determination and Analysis of Bombyx mori Mitochondrial Genome.

[例句] 为了获得生丝饲养家蚕的过程. The act or process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.

cocoonery ；

[例句] 阿多头也不回的跑回家去,仍在“蚕房”里守着. Without giving her another glance , he trotted back to the shed.

[例句] 蚕房早已收拾好了. A clean dry shed for the growing grubs was all prepared.

silkworm egg ；

[例句] 五张布子(蚕种),十来担叶够么? ” With five sets of grubs to feed , that won't be nearly enough. "

[例句] 三张蚕种,该可以采多少茧子呢? Five trays of eggs would hatch out a huge number of silkworms.

nereid，clam worm，clamworm，lobworm ；

[例句] 主要产品: 沙蚕 、 禾贝 、 鱼干. Products: lobworm, blach shell, dried fish etc.

（人体一种变态反应）favism（亦称“蚕豆黄”） ；

[例句] 目的探讨并总结蚕豆病的临床表现及治疗方法. The goal discusses and summarizes the favism clinical manifestation and the method of treatment.

（生长在槐树上的尺蠖） looper，inchworm，geometer ；

Bombycidae ；

[例句] 蚕蛾科的模式属;中国的蚕蛾. A moth of the family Bombycidae, which includes the silkworms.

[无脊椎] flacherie ；

caddice，betony，caddis，caddis worm ；

[化] bombicesterol，bombiosterol，inagosterol ；

bombycology ；

bonbykol ；

cocoonase ；

heteronereis ；

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