chrysalis

chrysalis

英 ['krɪs(ə)lɪs]
　　美 ['krɪsəlɪs]

n. [昆] 蝶蛹；蟲繭；準備期

中文詞源：

chrysalis 蛹

來自詞根chrys, 金色。因蝴蝶蛹金色的色澤而得名。

例句：

1. A larva metamorphose into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.
幼蟲變為蛹,然後再變成蝴蝶.

2. A larva metamorphoses into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.
幼蟲變為蝶蛹,再變成蝴蝶.

3. An ant is running about looking for food. He saw a chrysalis.
一隻螞蟻在四處找食吃, 它看到瞭一隻蝶蛹.

4. Silkworm chrysalis is the important raw material of silk industry.
桑蠶繭是絲綢工業的重要原料.

5. The chrysalis slowly turned into a butterfly.
那蛹慢慢地變成瞭蝴蝶.