chafer
/chey-fer/US // ˈtʃeɪ fər //UK // (ˈtʃeɪfə) //
糠菜,铡刀,糠菜花,糠菜鸟
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any scarabaeid beetle.
Examples
I am not such a heel-chafer as an old leather shoe in spring.
A single eye in his head, as broad as an oxhide, as black as a chafer, with three pupils therein.
Wide as an oxhide was the single eye protruding from his forehead, with seven pupils therein, which were black as a chafer.
The chafer was associated with the sun in Egypt, the broken egg engaged the attention of the thinking in Tibet.
A dark brown fly somewhat resembling the 'chafer replaced the stretcher.
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