millipede

• n. [无脊椎] 千足虫；倍足纲节动物（等于millepede）

milli-,千，-ped,脚，词源同foot.比较centipede.

millipede (n.)

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.

1. And there wasn't just one millipede found - there was a plague of them!

然而发现的并不只是一条千足虫,其数量之多,简直泛滥成灾!

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2. Normally, a millipede looks like a harmless creature to humans.

平时, 马陆看起来像是对人类无害的生物.

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3. The Portuguese millipede's eyes become larger and more complex with age.

葡萄牙千足虫的年龄越大,其眼睛也就越大,并且变得更复杂.

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4. A gigantic millipede slithered out, and over to where I was standing.

一只巨型的千足虫滑了出来, 停在了我站着的地方.

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5. When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body.

当我发现一种千足虫, 便把它擦在身上.

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