centipede
centipede — 名詞
- centipedesingular
- centipedesplural
1. A small creature with a long, narrow body made up of many sections, each section
蜈蚣
身體細長、多對腳的小動物
A small creature with a long, narrow body made up of many sections, each section having its own two legs; it lives in dark, damp places such as under stones, in soil, or inside rotting wood.
Sari found a centipede crawling under a flat stone in her garden.
Sari 在花園裡的一塊石頭下發現了一隻蜈蚣。
collocation: found + under [stone|rock]
Obi watched a centipede move quickly across the kitchen floor and disappear behind the fridge.
Obi 看著一隻蜈蚣快速爬過廚房地板，消失在冰箱後面。
collocation: move + across [surface]
When Esteban lifted the flowerpot, a long centipede wriggled out from underneath.
Esteban 舉起花盆時，一條長長的蜈蚣從底下扭動著爬了出來。
Ada screamed when she saw a centipede on the wall above her bed.
Ada 看到床頭牆上有一隻蜈蚣，嚇得大叫。
- millipede
Similar-looking but has two pairs of legs per segment, a rounder body, and is not venomous.
文法句型
a/an + centipede
centipede + verb
用法筆記
Countable. Often used with verbs of movement (crawl, wriggle, move) and location (under, behind, inside). Not an insect — centipedes belong to the class Chilopoda.