Resembling or reminiscent of an insect or insects.
似昆虫的；让人联想到昆虫的
his insectile hands
他那让人联想到昆虫的双手。
Example sentencesExamples
Is it an occasion of worship for some insectile race, or a missionary visitant from somewhere far off in the cosmos?
He portrays the automobile as a foreign body with vital juices, an insectile shell that can surround and invade the human body - a carapace.
But the swarm of insectile buzzing quickly cohered and built to a climax until it, too, was gone forever - without fadeout or explanation.
Impro-Micro-Acoustique begins in what initially sounds like fairly traditional free improv territory: the air is thin with insectile scratches, creaks and the occasional, markedly electronic sound.
By the end of the track, only the higher frequencies remain, creating a delicate ringing like the insectile hum of rubbing a finger around the inside of a wet glass.
Rhymes
projectile
Definition of insectile in US English:
insectile
adjectiveinˈsektl
Resembling or reminiscent of an insect or insects.
似昆虫的；让人联想到昆虫的
he folded his insectile hands
他那让人联想到昆虫的双手。
Example sentencesExamples
By the end of the track, only the higher frequencies remain, creating a delicate ringing like the insectile hum of rubbing a finger around the inside of a wet glass.
Impro-Micro-Acoustique begins in what initially sounds like fairly traditional free improv territory: the air is thin with insectile scratches, creaks and the occasional, markedly electronic sound.
But the swarm of insectile buzzing quickly cohered and built to a climax until it, too, was gone forever - without fadeout or explanation.
Is it an occasion of worship for some insectile race, or a missionary visitant from somewhere far off in the cosmos?
He portrays the automobile as a foreign body with vital juices, an insectile shell that can surround and invade the human body - a carapace.