Definition of bluebottle in English:

bluebottle

noun ˈbluːbɒt(ə)lˈbluˌbɑdl

1A common blowfly with a metallic-blue body, the female of which often comes into houses searching for a suitable food source on which to lay her eggs.
Calliphora vomitoria, family Calliphoridae
Example sentencesExamples
- He noticed several bluebottle flies gathering in a panel at the side of the bath.
- My kitchen window is at the back of the house and if I leave it open the house is filled with brown flies - they are not the normal bluebottles but flies which feed on sewage.
- ‘There used to be halves of bacon hanging outside, whole half pigs, with lots of flies and bluebottles buzzing around,’ she recalls.
- I even open windows for bluebottles and talk them out.
- So I was strolling down the hall when I saw a bluebottle flying towards me at something approaching waist height.
- For all that, though, there was a certain amusing surreality to the show, with jabbering rats, crazed socks and giant bluebottles all regularly putting in appearances.
- Blowflies, such as greenbottles and bluebottles, are attracted to your rabbit and its housing by the presence of faeces, urine, rotting vegetables and open wounds.
- In fact, the possibility of being savaged seemed so low on her sense of possibilities that she was almost instantly distracted by a bluebottle banging against the window.
- Would we do the same for baby rats, or baby cockroaches or baby bluebottles?
- In the background, cameras whirred like demented bluebottles, adding their drone to the low buzz of conversation.
- It sits, not quite dead, but buzzing like a bluebottle under a pint glass, its battery acid eating away the carpet.
- On her right wrist she wore a light bracelet of a similar design, but this had a large blue stone imbedded in it: a single bluebottle trapped in a silver filigree web.
- On the shag, a halo of bluebottle flies buzzing above, lay a great steaming pile.
- Hundreds of açaí fruits dangle from branches in clusters that look like nests of bluebottles.
- Smashing their way in, officers were met with a sickening stench and dead bluebottles covering the stairs.
- To the others in the car she could have been following a circling bluebottle.
- We had to continually step over it and we had to keep our mouths shut in case we swallowed some of the hundreds of bluebottles swarming around the dirt.
- Last year the residents living nearest to the field complained of bluebottles getting into their homes.
- Apart from the threat of sharks, the biggest problem for competitors has been rough seas and bluebottles.
- He said the seven-day collection timetable, introduced in the 1930s, was brought in because the life cycle of the bluebottle was ten days.
2South African Australian The Portuguese man-of-war.
Example sentencesExamples
- I list it along with bluebottles, broken glass, backwash and muggers - the last-mentioned not actually in the surf but lurking in the nearby sanddunes, waiting for an opportune moment to interface with you and your valuables.
- If you go in there, there are always dangers in the sea - bluebottles, whatever.
- At midday I took myself off to Coogee but the cold water and the beached bluebottles put me off the idea of swimming.
3British The wild cornflower.
Example sentencesExamples
- As a bonus, here are some wildflowers growing next to a field. The red one is a poppy, and the blue ones are cornflowers or bluebottles.
- But this place being open was full of flowers, such lovely azure cornflowers which the people call bluebottles.
4British dated, informal A police officer.
Example sentencesExamples
- When the bluebottles arrested him it was found that he had a bucket under his chair...

Definition of bluebottle in US English:

bluebottle

nounˈbluˌbɑdlˈblo͞oˌbädl

1A common blowfly with a metallic-blue body, the female of which often comes into houses searching for a suitable food source on which to lay her eggs.
Calliphora vomitoria, family Calliphoridae
Example sentencesExamples
- Blowflies, such as greenbottles and bluebottles, are attracted to your rabbit and its housing by the presence of faeces, urine, rotting vegetables and open wounds.
- So I was strolling down the hall when I saw a bluebottle flying towards me at something approaching waist height.
- We had to continually step over it and we had to keep our mouths shut in case we swallowed some of the hundreds of bluebottles swarming around the dirt.
- It sits, not quite dead, but buzzing like a bluebottle under a pint glass, its battery acid eating away the carpet.
- He noticed several bluebottle flies gathering in a panel at the side of the bath.
- I even open windows for bluebottles and talk them out.
- Smashing their way in, officers were met with a sickening stench and dead bluebottles covering the stairs.
- Apart from the threat of sharks, the biggest problem for competitors has been rough seas and bluebottles.
- To the others in the car she could have been following a circling bluebottle.
- Hundreds of açaí fruits dangle from branches in clusters that look like nests of bluebottles.
- ‘There used to be halves of bacon hanging outside, whole half pigs, with lots of flies and bluebottles buzzing around,’ she recalls.
- On the shag, a halo of bluebottle flies buzzing above, lay a great steaming pile.
- For all that, though, there was a certain amusing surreality to the show, with jabbering rats, crazed socks and giant bluebottles all regularly putting in appearances.
- In fact, the possibility of being savaged seemed so low on her sense of possibilities that she was almost instantly distracted by a bluebottle banging against the window.
- He said the seven-day collection timetable, introduced in the 1930s, was brought in because the life cycle of the bluebottle was ten days.
- My kitchen window is at the back of the house and if I leave it open the house is filled with brown flies - they are not the normal bluebottles but flies which feed on sewage.
- Would we do the same for baby rats, or baby cockroaches or baby bluebottles?
- Last year the residents living nearest to the field complained of bluebottles getting into their homes.
- In the background, cameras whirred like demented bluebottles, adding their drone to the low buzz of conversation.
- On her right wrist she wore a light bracelet of a similar design, but this had a large blue stone imbedded in it: a single bluebottle trapped in a silver filigree web.
2British The wild cornflower.
Example sentencesExamples
- But this place being open was full of flowers, such lovely azure cornflowers which the people call bluebottles.
- As a bonus, here are some wildflowers growing next to a field. The red one is a poppy, and the blue ones are cornflowers or bluebottles.

单词	bluebottle
释义	Definition of bluebottle in English: bluebottle noun ˈbluːbɒt(ə)lˈbluˌbɑdl 1A common blowfly with a metallic-blue body, the female of which often comes into houses searching for a suitable food source on which to lay her eggs. Calliphora vomitoria, family Calliphoridae Example sentencesExamples He noticed several bluebottle flies gathering in a panel at the side of the bath. My kitchen window is at the back of the house and if I leave it open the house is filled with brown flies - they are not the normal bluebottles but flies which feed on sewage. ‘There used to be halves of bacon hanging outside, whole half pigs, with lots of flies and bluebottles buzzing around,’ she recalls. I even open windows for bluebottles and talk them out. So I was strolling down the hall when I saw a bluebottle flying towards me at something approaching waist height. For all that, though, there was a certain amusing surreality to the show, with jabbering rats, crazed socks and giant bluebottles all regularly putting in appearances. Blowflies, such as greenbottles and bluebottles, are attracted to your rabbit and its housing by the presence of faeces, urine, rotting vegetables and open wounds. In fact, the possibility of being savaged seemed so low on her sense of possibilities that she was almost instantly distracted by a bluebottle banging against the window. Would we do the same for baby rats, or baby cockroaches or baby bluebottles? In the background, cameras whirred like demented bluebottles, adding their drone to the low buzz of conversation. It sits, not quite dead, but buzzing like a bluebottle under a pint glass, its battery acid eating away the carpet. On her right wrist she wore a light bracelet of a similar design, but this had a large blue stone imbedded in it: a single bluebottle trapped in a silver filigree web. On the shag, a halo of bluebottle flies buzzing above, lay a great steaming pile. Hundreds of açaí fruits dangle from branches in clusters that look like nests of bluebottles. Smashing their way in, officers were met with a sickening stench and dead bluebottles covering the stairs. To the others in the car she could have been following a circling bluebottle. We had to continually step over it and we had to keep our mouths shut in case we swallowed some of the hundreds of bluebottles swarming around the dirt. Last year the residents living nearest to the field complained of bluebottles getting into their homes. Apart from the threat of sharks, the biggest problem for competitors has been rough seas and bluebottles. He said the seven-day collection timetable, introduced in the 1930s, was brought in because the life cycle of the bluebottle was ten days. 2South African Australian The Portuguese man-of-war. Example sentencesExamples I list it along with bluebottles, broken glass, backwash and muggers - the last-mentioned not actually in the surf but lurking in the nearby sanddunes, waiting for an opportune moment to interface with you and your valuables. If you go in there, there are always dangers in the sea - bluebottles, whatever. At midday I took myself off to Coogee but the cold water and the beached bluebottles put me off the idea of swimming. 3British The wild cornflower. Example sentencesExamples As a bonus, here are some wildflowers growing next to a field. The red one is a poppy, and the blue ones are cornflowers or bluebottles. But this place being open was full of flowers, such lovely azure cornflowers which the people call bluebottles. 4British dated, informal A police officer. Example sentencesExamples When the bluebottles arrested him it was found that he had a bucket under his chair... Definition of bluebottle in US English: bluebottle nounˈbluˌbɑdlˈblo͞oˌbädl 1A common blowfly with a metallic-blue body, the female of which often comes into houses searching for a suitable food source on which to lay her eggs. Calliphora vomitoria, family Calliphoridae Example sentencesExamples Blowflies, such as greenbottles and bluebottles, are attracted to your rabbit and its housing by the presence of faeces, urine, rotting vegetables and open wounds. So I was strolling down the hall when I saw a bluebottle flying towards me at something approaching waist height. We had to continually step over it and we had to keep our mouths shut in case we swallowed some of the hundreds of bluebottles swarming around the dirt. It sits, not quite dead, but buzzing like a bluebottle under a pint glass, its battery acid eating away the carpet. He noticed several bluebottle flies gathering in a panel at the side of the bath. I even open windows for bluebottles and talk them out. Smashing their way in, officers were met with a sickening stench and dead bluebottles covering the stairs. Apart from the threat of sharks, the biggest problem for competitors has been rough seas and bluebottles. To the others in the car she could have been following a circling bluebottle. Hundreds of açaí fruits dangle from branches in clusters that look like nests of bluebottles. ‘There used to be halves of bacon hanging outside, whole half pigs, with lots of flies and bluebottles buzzing around,’ she recalls. On the shag, a halo of bluebottle flies buzzing above, lay a great steaming pile. For all that, though, there was a certain amusing surreality to the show, with jabbering rats, crazed socks and giant bluebottles all regularly putting in appearances. In fact, the possibility of being savaged seemed so low on her sense of possibilities that she was almost instantly distracted by a bluebottle banging against the window. He said the seven-day collection timetable, introduced in the 1930s, was brought in because the life cycle of the bluebottle was ten days. My kitchen window is at the back of the house and if I leave it open the house is filled with brown flies - they are not the normal bluebottles but flies which feed on sewage. Would we do the same for baby rats, or baby cockroaches or baby bluebottles? Last year the residents living nearest to the field complained of bluebottles getting into their homes. In the background, cameras whirred like demented bluebottles, adding their drone to the low buzz of conversation. On her right wrist she wore a light bracelet of a similar design, but this had a large blue stone imbedded in it: a single bluebottle trapped in a silver filigree web. 2British The wild cornflower. Example sentencesExamples But this place being open was full of flowers, such lovely azure cornflowers which the people call bluebottles. As a bonus, here are some wildflowers growing next to a field. The red one is a poppy, and the blue ones are cornflowers or bluebottles.
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