英语词汇“slow-legged beetle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

† slow-legged beetle n. Obsolete a large black flightless beetle, Blaps mortisaga (family Tenebrionidae); a cellar beetle. [After classical Latin tardipēs slow-footed, slow-paced ( < tardi- , combining form (compare -i- connective) of tardus tarde adj. + -pēs -ped comb. form), used in post-classical Latin of various animals (1693 or earlier and compare quot. 1704).]

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1704 J. Petiver Gazophylacii III. 38 Scarabæus impennis tardipes. The slow legg'd Beetle. I meet with these in Cellars and old Houses.

1744 Philos. Trans. 1739–40 (Royal Soc.) 41 441 I..was mentioning..the uncommon and surprising Strength of Life bestowed by Providence on a certain English Insect, called by Petiver, Scarabæus impennis tardipes, the slow-legged Beetle.

1802 C. Stewart Elements Nat. Hist. II. 83 This species wants the wings; it walks slowly, and is therefore called the slow-legged beetle; when taken, it emits a certain colourless, but very fetid liquor.

单词	slow-legged beetle
释义	> as lemmas slow-legged beetle † slow-legged beetle n. Obsolete a large black flightless beetle, Blaps mortisaga (family Tenebrionidae); a cellar beetle. [After classical Latin tardipēs slow-footed, slow-paced ( < tardi- , combining form (compare -i- connective) of tardus tarde adj. + -pēs -ped comb. form), used in post-classical Latin of various animals (1693 or earlier and compare quot. 1704).] ΚΠ 1704 J. Petiver Gazophylacii III. 38 Scarabæus impennis tardipes. The slow legg'd Beetle. I meet with these in Cellars and old Houses. 1744 Philos. Trans. 1739–40 (Royal Soc.) 41 441 I..was mentioning..the uncommon and surprising Strength of Life bestowed by Providence on a certain English Insect, called by Petiver, Scarabæus impennis tardipes, the slow-legged Beetle. 1802 C. Stewart Elements Nat. Hist. II. 83 This species wants the wings; it walks slowly, and is therefore called the slow-legged beetle; when taken, it emits a certain colourless, but very fetid liquor. extracted from slowadj. < as lemmas
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