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单词 dragonfly
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dragonflynoun [ C ]

uk/ˈdræɡ.ən.flaɪ/us/ˈdræɡ.ən.flaɪ/

a large insect with a long, thin, brightly coloured body and two pairs of transparent wings

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Examples from literature

  • Great glittering dragonflies drifted along the river bank, or hung quivering above pools. 
  • Now a butterfly fluttered past me, and now a dragonfly. 
  • Numbers of caterpillars mounted the stalks of grass, and many dragonflies and butterflies appeared, though this was winter. 
  • Such must be the state of being of a dragonfly on a sunny day. 
  • Through a little opening among the trees, as through a window, I could see the cattle feeding in the wide meadows, all headed alike, and yellow butterflies drifted across the open spaces, and there were bumblebees and dragonflies. 

dragonflynoun [ C ]

us/ˈdræɡ·ənˌflɑɪ/

a flying insect with a long, thin body and two pairs of transparent wings

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