larva
/ˈlɑːvə/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈlɑːrvə/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈlär-və/ (ame, mw)
larva — 名詞
- larvasingular
- larvaeplural
1. A young creature that has recently hatched from an egg and has a body shape very
幼蟲；幼體
從卵孵化後尚未變形的階段
A young creature that has recently hatched from an egg and has a body shape very different from its adult form, eventually changing into an adult through metamorphosis.
Emeka found a caterpillar, which is the larva of a butterfly, crawling on a leaf in his backyard.
Emeka 在後院的葉子上發現一隻毛毛蟲，也就是蝴蝶的幼蟲。
caterpillar = butterfly larva; concrete example of a larval form
The science teacher showed the class how a mosquito larva wriggles through the water in a small jar.
自然老師讓全班看蚊子幼蟲在小水缸裡扭動的樣子。
mosquito larva + verb: wriggles
During spring, the pond behind Yuki's house filled with frog larvae that slowly grew legs and lost their tails.
春天時，Yuki 家後面的池塘裡有很多青蛙的幼體，牠們慢慢長出腳並失去尾巴。
These beetle larvae feed on dead wood and take nearly two years to turn into adult beetles.
這些甲蟲的幼蟲以枯木為食，需要將近兩年才能變成成蟲。
Hana collected several butterfly larvae from the garden and watched each one form a chrysalis on a twig.
Hana 從花園裡採集了幾隻蝴蝶幼蟲，看著每一隻都在小樹枝上結成蛹。
- caterpillar
Specifically the larva of butterflies and moths; furry or wormlike body.
- grub
Larva of beetles, usually thick and pale with a soft body; diet of wood or roots.
- maggot
Larva of flies; no legs, lives in decaying matter; has a negative connotation.
- nymph
Larva of certain insects (dragonflies, grasshoppers) that looks more like a small adult and does not enter a pupal stage.
- adult
The fully developed, mature form after metamorphosis.
文法句型
larva of [species]
in its larval stage
用法筆記
The plural form 'larvae' (pronounced /ˈlɑːrviː/) is far more common in scientific and academic writing than the regular plural 'larvas'. In everyday conversation, people often use a specific type name (caterpillar, maggot, tadpole) instead of the general term 'larva'.