Word · Frequency #16899
tadpole
蝌蚪
a larval frog or toad
- 1.
A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
生活在水中的蟾蜍或青蛙幼体,有尾无腿,像鱼一样用鳃呼吸
- 2.
a larval frog or toad
蛙或蟾蜍的幼体
- 3.
The aquatic larva of any amphibian.
两栖动物的水生幼体
- 4.
A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.
前两轮后一轮的货运自行车
- 5.
A child's basic drawing of a human being, having a detailed head but only sticks for the body and limbs.
儿童的人物简笔画,头部细致,身体和四肢仅用线条表示
生活在水中的蟾蜍或青蛙幼体,有尾无腿,像鱼一样用鳃呼吸；蛙或蟾蜍的幼体；两栖动物的水生幼体；前两轮后一轮的货运自行车；儿童的人物简笔画,头部细致,身体和四肢仅用线条表示
In use
The children watched a tadpole swim across the shallow pond.
Tadpoles usually eat plants and small insects in the water.
We kept a tadpole in a jar until it grew legs.
a tadpole
tadpole 是可数名词，单数形式前通常加 a/an。
A tadpole grows into a frog.
蝌蚪长成青蛙。
tadpoles turn into...
表示“变成”常用 turn into，也可用 become。
Tadpoles turn into frogs.
蝌蚪变成青蛙。
there are + plural noun
there are 引出复数名词，表示“存在、有”。
There are many tadpoles in the pond.
池塘里有许多蝌蚪。
Connections
Collocations
- tadpole stage
- 蝌蚪期
- The tadpole stage lasts about six weeks.蝌蚪期大约持续六周。
- tadpole metamorphosis
- 蝌蚪变态发育
- Tadpole metamorphosis is controlled by thyroid hormones.蝌蚪的变态发育受甲状腺激素控制。
- catch tadpoles
- 捉蝌蚪
- The children used a net to catch tadpoles in the pond.孩子们用网在池塘里捉蝌蚪。
- feed on tadpoles
- 以蝌蚪为食
- Dragonfly larvae feed on tadpoles.蜻蜓幼虫以蝌蚪为食。
- raise tadpoles
- 饲养蝌蚪
- We raised tadpoles and watched them grow legs.我们饲养了蝌蚪，看着它们长出腿。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：tad（小不点）+ pole（杆子），蝌蚪就是顶着大脑袋、拖着细长杆子尾巴的小家伙。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：儿童科普读物、生物课上、观察池塘生物时 该词是‘蝌蚪’的标准通用说法，口语和书面语中都很常见，没有明显的语域限制，正式或非正式场合均可使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 tadpole 末尾的 pole 一样读 /oʊl/，押韵；whole 和 hole 同音。注意 pale /peɪl/ 拼写相似但发音不同，不押韵。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.