beetle
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
- 2.
(uncountable)A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
- 3.
(alt of)Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”).
For quotations using this term, see Citations:beetle.
- 4.
A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
- 5.
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
- 6.
(alt of, archaic)Archaic spelling of betel.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.
He beetled off on his vacation.
I beetled across to our table, but no Pauline, no Mr Cresswell, no Mr Rudyard.
- 2.
(ambitransitive)To loom over; to extend or jut (above).
The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.
- 3.
To beat with a heavy mallet.
- 4.
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
to beetle cotton goods
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Protruding, jutting, overhanging.
beetle brows
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From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, bītel (beetle), from *bitilō, *bītil, from Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz (that which tends to bite, biter, beetle), equivalent to bite + -le. Cognate with bicco, bille beetle, bitil, bitul (a bite, bit), bitil.