wingless
wingless — 形容詞
- winglesspositive
- more winglesscomparative
- most winglesssuperlative
1. Not having any wings — the physical structure that birds, insects, and some othe
無翅的
沒有翅膀的；缺乏飛行器官的
Not having any wings — the physical structure that birds, insects, and some other animals use to fly. The word describes a permanent physical feature of a creature, not a temporary condition.
Theo found a wingless ant crawling across his desk during biology class.
Theo 在生物課上發現一隻無翅螞蟻爬過他的書桌。
attributive: wingless ant
Dr. Anika Patel studies a rare wingless moth that lives only in desert caves.
Anika Patel 博士研究一種僅棲息於沙漠洞穴中的稀有無翅蛾。
wingless moth / species with restricted habitat
A wingless kiwi hunts at night using its long beak and keen sense of smell.
無翅的奇異鳥在夜間利用長喙和靈敏的嗅覺捕食昆蟲。
Wei examined a wingless beetle under the microscope and noted its tiny leg joints.
Wei 在顯微鏡下觀察了一隻無翅甲蟲，並注意到牠微小的腿關節。
Most insects in this cave system are wingless because they never need to fly.
這個洞穴系統中的大多數昆蟲都沒有翅膀，因為牠們不需要飛行。
- flightless
refers to animals that have wings but cannot fly (e.g., ostriches, penguins); not interchangeable with wingless
- apterous
technical biological term for wingless, used in scientific writing about insects
- winged
having one or more pairs of wings; the direct opposite of wingless
文法句型
wingless + noun (wingless insect / wingless bird)
be + wingless (most cave insects are wingless)
用法筆記
Wingless describes a physical absence of wings, while flightless describes animals that have wings but cannot fly (e.g., an ostrich is flightless, not wingless). Wingless is used almost exclusively in biological or descriptive contexts about animals.