ladybug
发音
How to pronounce ladybug in British English:
英 ['leɪdɪbʌɡ]
How to pronounce ladybug in American English:
美 [ˈlediˌbʌɡ]
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- Noun:
- small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
单词词源
- ladybug (n.)
- 1690s, from lady + bug (n.). The "lady" is the Virgin Mary (compare German cognate Marienkäfer). In Britain, now usually ladybird beetle (1704), through aversion to the word bug, which there has overtones of sodomy.
双语例句
- 1. Lily the ladybug eats lunch on the leaf .
- 2. O you like the ladybug ?
- 3. Suri cruise 's ladybug shoes by monkey-toes as seen on oprah .
- 4. Does ladybug a good insect or bad insect ?
- 5. Neither the performer nor ladybug is harmed du ring the effect !