单词 | chrysalis |
释义 | chrysalis /'knsalis; 'knslis/ n (pl -lises) /-lisiz; -lisiz/ form taken by an insect during the torpid stage of its life (ie between the time when it creeps or crawls as a larva and the time when it flies as a moth, butterfly, etc); the sheath that covers it during this time. 金蛹 (昆虫生活史的第二阶段,如蛾、蝶等之介于幼虫爬行期与成虫飞行期的阶段): M (蛹之亦壳) o → the illus at butterfly. 参第 butterfly 之插图。 |
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