any small creature with six legs and a body divided into three parts. Insects usually also have wings. ants, bees and flies are all insects. 昆虫 
Most birds spend most of the day eating insects. 大多数鸟一天大部分时间都在吃昆虫。 There are about 30 million species of insects in the world. 世界上大约有3000万种昆虫。 insect species 昆虫种类 insect repellent (= a chemical that keeps insects away) 驱虫剂 an insect bite 昆虫咬伤 The pesticide is lethal to all insect life. 这种杀虫剂可以杀死所有昆虫。 methods to ensure the plants are as free of disease and insect pests as possible 确保植物尽可能没有病虫害的方法
Collocations The living worldsee also stick insect Insect is often used to refer to other small creatures, for example spiders, although this is not correct scientific language.The living world 生物界 Animals 动物 - animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on something)
动物交配／繁育／繁殖／以…为食 - fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
鱼／两栖动物游动／产卵 - birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
鸟飞翔／迁徙／筑巢／啼叫 - insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
昆虫爬／飞／咬／叮 - insects/bees/locusts swarm
昆虫／蜜蜂／蝗虫成群地飞来飞去 - bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
蜜蜂采蜜／花粉 - spiders spin/weave a web
蜘蛛结网／织网 - snakes/lizards shed their skins
蛇／蜥蜴蜕皮 - bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
熊／刺猬／青蛙冬眠 - insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
昆虫的幼虫生长／发育／化蛹 - an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
卵孵化；小鸡出壳；幼虫孵出 - attract/find/choose a mate
吸引／找到／选择配偶 - produce/release eggs/sperm
产卵；排卵；产生／释放精子 - lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
产卵；使卵受精；孵卵 - inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
栖居于森林／礁石／海岸 - mark/enter/defend (a) territory
标出／进入／保卫领地 - stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
悄悄接近／猎杀／捕获／杀死猎物
Plants and fungi 植物和真菌 - trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
树木／植物生长／开花 - a seed germinates/sprouts
种子发芽 - leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
叶子／花蕾／根茎／幼苗长出来／长大／成形 - flower buds swell/open
花蕾含苞欲放／绽放 - a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes something
菌类生长／扩散／长满… - pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
给花／植物授粉 - produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
长出／传播花粉／种子／孢子 - produce/bear fruit
结果 - develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
长出根茎／嫩芽／叶子 - provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
提供／吸收／提取／释放营养物 - perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
进行／增加／减少光合作用
Bacteria and viruses 细菌和病毒 - bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
细菌／微生物／病毒生长／扩散／繁殖 - bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on something
细菌／微生物在…中存活／大量生长 - bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize something/cause disease
细菌／微生物／病毒进化／长满…／引发疾病 - bacteria break something down/convert something (into something)
细菌（将某物）分解／转化（成某物） - a virus enters/invades something/the body
病毒进入／侵入某物／身体 - a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
病毒变异／演化／（自我）复制 - be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
感染上／接触到一种新病毒／抗药性细菌 - contain/carry/harbour bacteria/a virus
带有细菌／病毒 - kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
杀灭有害的／致命的细菌
Extra ExamplesTopics Insects, worms, etc.a2An insect was buzzing around the room. 一只昆虫在房间里嗡嗡地飞来飞去。 Gardeners welcome birds as they control insect pests. 园丁很欢迎鸟类，因为可以控制虫灾。 Insects had bored deep into the wood. 虫子在木头上钻了很深的洞。 Social insects, such as ants, live in large colonies. 蚂蚁之类的群居昆虫大量聚居在一起。 The wood should be treated against insect attack. 这块木头应该进行防虫处理。 Unfortunately, pesticides kill off beneficial insects as well as harmful ones. 不幸的是，杀虫剂不仅杀灭害虫还会杀死益虫。 Wasps are the master builders of the insect world. 黄蜂是昆虫界的建筑大师。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flying
- winged
- aquatic
- …
- swarm
- repel
- control
- kill
- …
- buzz
- fly
- crawl
- …
- attack
- infestation
- bite
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent. (originally denoting any small cold-blooded creature with a segmented body): from Latin (animal) insectum ‘segmented (animal)’ (translating Greek zōion entomon), from insecare ‘cut up or into’, from in- ‘into’ + secare ‘to cut’.
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