Word · Frequency #26014
cicada
蝉
a stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; the male produces a high-pitched drone using drum-like organs
- 1.
Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
- 2.
stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
体型粗壮的昆虫,具有大型膜状翅膀；雄性有鼓状器官发出高音嗡嗡声
体型粗壮的昆虫,具有大型膜状翅膀；雄性有鼓状器官发出高音嗡嗡声
In use
After the rain, a cicada crept out of the ground and climbed up the tree.
In this region, cicadas emerge every summer and fill the air with their buzzing.
The little girl picked up a cicada wing from the garden path.
a cicada has [body part]
用 a cicada 泛指蝉这一类昆虫时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。
A cicada has large membranous wings.
蝉有大而膜质的翅膀。
cicadas produce [sound]
复数形式 cicadas 可用来泛指整个类别，常与一般现在时连用。
Cicadas produce a high-pitched drone.
蝉发出高音调的嗡嗡声。
the cicada's [body part/sound]
所有格 's 用来表示蝉的某个部位或它发出的声音。
Connections
Collocations
- cicada shell
- 蝉蜕
- We found a cicada shell stuck to the tree trunk.我们发现了一只粘在树干上的蝉蜕。
- cicada song
- 蝉鸣
- The cicada song was loud throughout the hot afternoon.整个炎热的下午蝉鸣声不绝于耳。
- cicada wings
- 蝉翼
- Cicada wings look delicate but are quite strong.蝉翼看起来脆弱，但其实很结实。
- cicada season
- 蝉鸣时节
- Cicada season begins in early summer.蝉鸣时节从初夏开始。
- periodical cicada
- 周期蝉
- A periodical cicada may spend 17 years underground.周期蝉可能在地下度过17年。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
蝉鸣声像 'see-kay-da'：前面的 'see' 是‘看见’，想象你看见树上的蝉在高唱 'kay-da'。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常讨论、自然观察、科普文章 该词是“蝉”的常用中性说法，通常用于一般描述，口语和书面语中都比较多见，没有明显的正式或非正式偏向。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common English word rhymes exactly with /səˈkeɪdə/. Soda shares the unstressed final /də/ but has a different stressed vowel. The -ada spelling can be misleading: armada is often /ɑːrˈmɑːdə/ and Nevada is commonly /nəˈvædə/. Arcade, parade, and decade end in /eɪd/ (or /keɪd/) but lack the final /ə/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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