Chrysalis是什么意思？

Chrysalis

英[ˈkrɪsəlɪs] 美[ˈkrɪsəlɪs]

• n. 蛹，茧，任何在形成中而尚未至完全成熟阶段的事物；

复数：chrysalises;

例句

• The chrysalis is invaginated. 蚕蛹作茧自缚.
• Silkworm chrysalis is the important raw material of silk industry. 桑蚕茧是丝绸工业的重要原料.
• A larva metamorphoses into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly. 幼虫变为蝶蛹,再变成蝴蝶.
• A larva metamorphose into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly. 幼虫变为蛹,然後再变成蝴蝶.
• ...a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis. 从蛹壳中羽化而出的蝴蝶

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (蝴蝶、蛾的)蛹，茧
  A chrysalis is a butterfly or moth in the stage between being a larva and an adult.
• N-COUNT
  蛹壳
  A chrysalis is the hard, protective covering that a chrysalis has.
  例句
  ...a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis. 从蛹壳中羽化而出的蝴蝶

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon

行业词典

• 医学： ［拉］蛹：某些昆虫，尤指蛾或蝶的蛹；