释义 |
grubhood|ˈgrʌbhʊd| [f. grub n. + -hood.] The condition of a grub or larva.
1859W. S. Coleman Woodlands (1866) 75 [He] feeds the last days of his grubhood upon the nutty pips. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 105 Yonder broken-winged butterfly, relapsing..into a state of grubhood again. |