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单词 beetle-crusher
释义

beetle1 /bēˈtl/

noun
  1. Any insect of the Coleoptera, an order in which the forewings are reduced to hard and horny covers for the hindwings
  2. A game in which a drawing of a beetle is made up gradually from its component parts, body, head, etc, according to the throw of dice, the object being to produce a completed drawing
  3. (esp with cap) a particular variety of small Volkswagen car with rounded roof and bonnet, resembling a beetle (informal)
intransitive verb
  1. To jut, to overhang (first found in Shakespeare)
  2. To scurry (informal)
adjective

(always applied to brows) overhanging, scowling

ORIGIN: ME bityl, from OE bitula, bitela, from bītan to bite; the connection of beetle brows with the insect is not accepted by all

beetˈling adjective

  1. Jutting
  2. Prominent
  3. Overhanging

beetˈle-browed adjective

With overhanging or prominent brows

beetle brows plural noun

beetˈle-crusher noun (slang)

  1. A big heavy foot or boot
  2. A policeman
  3. An infantryman

beetle drive noun

A progressive series of games of beetle

beetˈle-eyed adjective

Blind

beetle off

  1. To hurry away like a beetle, scurry (informal)
  2. To fly (RAF sl)

black beetle

The cockroach (properly not a beetle)

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