larva

larva

英 ['lɑːvə]
　　美 ['lɑrvə]

n. [水產] 幼體，[昆] 幼蟲
　　n. (Larva)人名；(芬、捷)拉爾瓦

中文詞源：

larva 幼蟲

來自拉丁語larva,鬼魂，面具，詞源同lares,傢神。來自瑞典植物學傢林奈的命名，因幼蟲如成蟲的面具而得名。

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. The larva hatches out and lives in the soil.
幼蟲孵化之後就在土壤裡生活.

3. A caterpillar is the larva of a butterfly.
毛蟲是蝴蝶的幼體.

4. The tadpole is the larva of the frog.
蝌蚪是蛙的幼體.

5. Important changes in the embryo or larva will probably entail changes in the mature animal.
胚胎與幼體的重要的變異,或將引起動物成體的變異.