英语词汇“phalæna”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

phalæna

释义

‖ phalæna Entom.|fəˈliːnə|
[mod.L., a. Gr. ϕάλαινα, prop. ϕάλλαινα a moth.]
A moth: used by Linnæus as a generic name for all moths; afterwards for all below the Sphingina, or for the Geometrina; not now used with any entomological value.
1658Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. 958 There are those that interpret this Phalaina to be the Cicindela or Glow-worm, but not rightly.Ibid. 1110 The Phalenæ that come from thence stick by the feet to the roofs of houses.1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 77 The antennæ of the Phalæna are attenuated to the point... The species of this genus are very numerous.1800Asiat. Ann. Reg. 5/2 The phalæna, a species of which is to be found in a treatise published in France on foreign butterflies.
Hence phaˈlænian a., of or pertaining to a phalæna; n. one of the Phalænæ, a moth, esp. a geometrid moth; phaˈlænoid a., akin to a phalæna; moth-like; n. a moth-like insect.
1887Science Apr. 318/2 Some of the Phalaenian larvae have 12 legs, and some even 14.1858Mayne Expos. Lex. 928/1 Phalenoid.

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

相关内容11：

“phalæna”的英英意思

“预定义格式”英文翻译

“预定义的”英文翻译

“night-long”的意思

“phallophoria”的英英意思

“name-tape”的意思

友情链接