单词 | dragonfly |
释义 | dragonfly (once / 23545 pages) n WORD FAMILY dragonfly: dragonflies USAGE EXAMPLES“Insects in Painting” pays delicate, fluttering tribute to two mid-19th-century hanging scrolls, “Butterflies” and “Dragonflies,” while still having some illusion-breaking fun. Seattle Times(Nov 29, 2016) Ms. Pine has a lotus flower tattoo on one side and a dragonfly on the other. New York Times(Oct 31, 2016) Pickerel frogs patrolled the damp fringes, and dragonflies and damselflies darted among the lily pads. New York Times(Oct 31, 2016) n slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. Syn|Hyper darning needle, devil's darning needle, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder odonate large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings |
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