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centipede

/sen-tuh-peed/US // ˈsɛn təˌpid //UK // (ˈsɛntɪˌpiːd) //

蜈蚣,蜈蚣类,蜈蚣类动物

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of numerous predaceous, chiefly nocturnal arthropods constituting the class Chilopoda, having an elongated, flattened body composed of from 15 to 173 segments, each with a pair of legs, the first pair being modified into poison fangs.

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Examples

  • Giant, armor-scaled centipedes wreaked havoc on the olive groves of the De La Croix family, and they’re still known to hang about.

  • Geckos lay their eggs as centipedes and scorpions scuttle by.

  • Along the way, they are displacing other earthworms, centipedes, salamanders and ground-nesting birds.

  • They are all grinding against one another, forming some sort of Human Centipede-like structure.

  • You must have seen the hilarious South Park parody of The Human Centipede.

  • It must have been much easier casting the men and women who were in the human centipede in the sequel.

  • Some who would face a mad bull coolly enough spring with disgust from a cockroach or a centipede.

  • There is the electric slug which used to be met with in gardens and roads about Hoinsey Rise; there is also an electric centipede.

  • I never see anything of racing people nowadays, or meet anyone except you who knows a horse from a centipede.

  • A huge round shot struck the "Centipede," passing through her diagonally, leaving death and wounds in its track.

  • With a single motion of the knob he sent their centipede-machine crashing out into the clear circle at the mighty cone's center.