lepidoptera

IPA/lˈɛpɪdˌɒptəɹə/
IPA/lˈɛpɪdˌɑːptɚɹə/

lepidoptera — 名詞

1. a major group of flying insects — among them butterflies, moths, and skipper but

1.名詞C2
釋義

鱗翅目

包含蝴蝶與蛾類的昆蟲目

a major group of flying insects — among them butterflies, moths, and skipper butterflies — whose four wide wings carry a covering of tiny scales set like overlapping tiles

例句

Hari's biology class studied the Lepidoptera order, focusing on local butterfly species.

Hari 的生物課研究了鱗翅目，重點放在當地蝴蝶物種上。

modifier use: Lepidoptera order

The museum's Lepidoptera collection included over two hundred pinned moth specimens.

博物館的鱗翅目收藏包含兩百多隻固定好的蛾類標本。

常見搭配
  • Lepidoptera scales
  • Lepidoptera caterpillar
  • Lepidoptera larvae
  • Lepidoptera wing pattern
同義詞

用法筆記

Always written with a capital L and treated as a plural noun. In everyday English, speakers generally use 'butterflies and moths' instead of this scientific term.

常見錯誤

A lepidoptera landed on the flower.
A butterfly landed on the flower.
Lepidoptera is a plural order name, not a word for a single insect.
The lepidoptera is an order of insects.
Lepidoptera are an order of insects.
The word is treated as plural.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • Lepidoptera order
  • Lepidoptera species
  • Lepidoptera collection
  • Lepidoptera specimen

副詞搭配

  • taxonomically (classified)
  • scientifically (described)

常用片語

  • a member of the Lepidoptera
  • the order Lepidoptera

介系詞搭配

  • among the Lepidoptera
  • within the Lepidoptera