ladybird
ladybird — noun
- ladybirdsingular
- ladybirdsplural
1. A small round beetle, often red in colour with dark spots, which feeds on garden
A small round beetle, often red in colour with dark spots, which feeds on garden pests like aphids and is regarded as a friend to plants.
While watering the tomato plants, Mei spotted a bright red ladybird resting on a large green leaf.
collocation: bright red / red + ladybird
A science textbook explains that one ladybird can eat over fifty aphids in a single day.
quantification: one ladybird can eat over [number]
Kwame gently lifted the ladybird from the windowsill and carried it outside to the garden.
During the nature walk, the students counted seven black spots on a ladybird sitting on a fern.
The farmers were happy to see ladybirds in the wheat field because these beetles eat harmful insects.
- ladybug
American English equivalent; identical insect
- coccinellid
formal scientific family name, rarely used in everyday conversation
文法句型
a [adjective] ladybird
a ladybird with [number] spots
[number] ladybirds
用法筆記
British English term; the equivalent in American English is ladybug. Frequently used with descriptions of colour or spot count (e.g. a red ladybird, a ladybird with seven black spots).