ladybird
ladybird — 名詞
- ladybirdsingular
- ladybirdsplural
1. A small round beetle, often red in colour with dark spots, which feeds on garden
瓢蟲
小型圓形甲蟲，通常紅色有黑點
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.
Mei 在澆番茄時，看到一隻鮮紅色的瓢蟲停在一片大綠葉上。
collocation: bright red / red + ladybird
A science textbook explains that one ladybird can eat over fifty aphids in a single day.
一本科學課本說明，一隻瓢蟲一天可以吃掉超過五十隻蚜蟲。
quantification: one ladybird can eat over [number]
Kwame gently lifted the ladybird from the windowsill and carried it outside to the garden.
Kwame 輕輕地把瓢蟲從窗臺上拿起來，帶到外面的花園。
During the nature walk, the students counted seven black spots on a ladybird sitting on a fern.
在自然觀察課上，學生們數了一隻坐在蕨類植物上的瓢蟲身上的七個黑點。
The farmers were happy to see ladybirds in the wheat field because these beetles eat harmful insects.
農夫們很開心在小麥田裡看到瓢蟲，因為這些甲蟲會吃有害的昆蟲。
- 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).