maggot
/ˈmæɡət/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmæɡət/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈma-gət/ (ame, mw)
maggot — 名詞
- maggotsingular
- maggotsplural
1. A small, soft, legless creature that hatches from fly eggs and feeds on rotting
蛆
蒼蠅的幼蟲，出現於腐爛物中
A small, soft, legless creature that hatches from fly eggs and feeds on rotting organic matter such as dead animals, spoiled food, or compost.
A fisherman picked a live maggot from the tin and put it onto his hook.
一位漁夫從罐子裡拿出一條活蛆，掛在釣鉤上。
collocation: used as bait for fishing
When Dr. Ofori cleaned the wound, he found several maggots inside the bandage.
Ofori 醫生清理傷口時，發現繃帶下面有好幾隻蛆。
maggots found in medical or wound context
The restaurant staff threw away the leftover meat after spotting maggots on it.
餐廳員工看到剩肉上有蛆後，便把那塊肉丟掉了。
An old bag of flour at the back of the cupboard was full of tiny white maggots.
櫥櫃深處一袋舊麵粉裡爬滿了白色的小蛆。
Some hospitals use sterile maggots to clean infected wounds because they eat only the dead tissue.
有些醫院用無菌蛆來清理受感染的傷口，因為牠們只吃死掉的組織。
- adult fly
the fully developed winged stage of the same insect's life cycle
文法句型
maggot + verb (crawl/appear/feed)
find/spot + maggots
用法筆記
Often used in the plural form 'maggots' because these creatures normally appear in groups rather than alone. In formal biology writing, the term 'fly larva' is preferred.