also millepede, c. 1600, from Latin millepeda "wood louse," a type of crawling insect, from mille "thousand" (see million) + pes (genitive pedis) "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). Probably a loan-translation of Greek chiliopous.
雙語例句
1. And there wasn't just one millipede found - there was a plague of them!
然而發(fā)現(xiàn)的并不只是一條千足蟲,其數(shù)量之多,簡直泛濫成災!
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2. Normally, a millipede looks like a harmless creature to humans.
平時, 馬陸看起來像是對人類無害的生物.
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3. The Portuguese millipede's eyes become larger and more complex with age.
葡萄牙千足蟲的年齡越大,其眼睛也就越大,并且變得更復雜.
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4. A gigantic millipede slithered out, and over to where I was standing.
一只巨型的千足蟲滑了出來, 停在了我站著的地方.
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5. When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body.