Word · Frequency #26014
cicadas
蝉
cicadas is the plural of cicada.
核心释义
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.
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
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
用法In use
After the rain, a cicada crept out of the ground and climbed up the tree.
用法提示：此处'cicada'为单数名词，指蝉，作主语。
In this region, cicadas emerge every summer and fill the air with their buzzing.
用法提示：此处'cicadas'为复数名词，指多只蝉，作主语。
The little girl picked up a cicada wing from the garden path.
用法提示：此处'cicada'为单数名词，修饰'wing'，构成复合名词，指蝉的翅膀。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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'。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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/.
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