pupate

🇺🇸 /ˈpjuːpeɪt/ 🇬🇧 /pjuːˈpeɪt/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
verb
R

to change from a larva into a pupa, which is an inactive stage in the life cycle of some insects

The caterpillars will pupate in a safe place before becoming butterflies.

毛蟲將在安全的地方蛹化,然後變成蝴蝶。

translation

v. 化蛹

詞形變化

3rd Present pupates
Past pupated
Perfect pupated
Progressive pupating