centipede

• n. [无脊椎][中医] 蜈蚣

cent, 百。-pede, 脚，词源同biped, foot.

centipede (n.)

1640s, from French centipède, from Latin centipeda "many-footed insect," from centum "hundred" (see hundred) + pedis, genitive of pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).

1. The creature is a tiny centipede, just 10 millimeters long.

那个生物是一只很小的蜈蚣，只有10毫米长。

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2. A centipede snaked swiftly away.

一只蜈蚣飞快地爬开了.

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3. Centipede bite yesterday was a dream, scared to death!

昨天梦见被蜈蚣咬了, 吓死了!

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4. Remember ! Don't play with a centipede even if it looks dead.

那时候我看到一只蜈蚣被人家打扁了,只剩下头还没扁,我认为它已经死了.

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5. I heard the cock to the centipede, and even went into hiding.

蜈蚣听说公鸡来了, 竟然躲了起来.

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