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🔑 egg BrE /eɡ / NAmE /eɡ / noun 🔑 [ C ] a small oval object with a thin hard shell produced by a female bird and containing a young bird ; a similar object produced by a female fish , insect , etc . ◆ The female sits on the eggs until they hatch . ◆ The fish lay thousands of eggs at one time . ◆ crocodile eggs The living world 生物界 Animals 动物 animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on sth) 动物交配/繁育/繁殖/以…为食 fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs) 鱼/两栖动物游动/产卵 birds fly/migrate/nest/sing 鸟飞翔/迁徙/筑巢/啼叫 insects crawl/fly/bite/sting 昆虫爬/飞/咬/叮 insects/bees/locusts swarm 昆虫/蜜蜂/蝗虫成群地飞来飞去 bees collect/gather nectar/pollen 蜜蜂采蜜/花粉 spiders spin/weave a web 蜘蛛结网/织网 snakes/lizards shed their skins 蛇/蜥蜴蜕皮 bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate 熊/刺猬/青蛙冬眠 insect larvae grow/develop/pupate 昆虫的幼虫生长/发育/化蛹 an egg/a chick/a larva hatches 卵孵化；小鸡出壳；幼虫孵出 attract/find/choose a mate 吸引/找到/选择配偶 produce/release eggs/sperm 产卵；排卵；产生/释放精子 lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs 产卵；使卵受精；孵卵 inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast 栖居于森林/礁石/海岸 mark/enter/defend (a) territory 标出/进入/保卫领地 stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey 悄悄接近/猎杀/捕获/杀死猎物 Plants and fungi 植物和真菌 trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower 树木/植物生长/开花 a seed germinates/sprouts 种子发芽 leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form 叶子/花蕾/根茎/幼苗长出来/长大/成形 flower buds swell/open 花蕾含苞欲放/绽放 a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes sth 菌类生长/扩散/长满… pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant 给花/植物授粉 produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores 长出/传播花粉/种子/孢子 produce/bear fruit 结果 develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves 长出根茎/嫩芽/叶子 provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients 提供/吸收/提取/释放营养物 perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis 进行/增加/减少光合作用 Bacteria and viruses 细菌和病毒 bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply 细菌/微生物/病毒生长/扩散/繁殖 bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on sth 细菌/微生物在…中存活/大量生长 bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize sth/cause disease 细菌/微生物/病毒进化/长满…/引发疾病 bacteria break sth down/convert sth (into sth) 细菌（将某物）分解/转化（成某物） a virus enters/invades sth/the body 病毒进入/侵入某物/身体 a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself) 病毒变异/演化/（自我）复制 be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria 感染上/接触到一种新病毒/抗药性细菌 contain/carry/harbour/ (especially US harbor bacteria/a virus 带有细菌/病毒 kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria 杀灭有害的/致命的细菌 🔑 [ C , U ] a bird's egg , especially one from a chicken , that is eaten as food ◆ a boiled egg ◆ bacon and eggs ◆ fried /poached /scrambled eggs ◆ Bind the mixture together with a little beaten egg . ◆ You've got some egg on your shirt . ◆ egg yolks /whites ◆ egg noodles ◆ ducks' /quails' eggs ◆ a chocolate egg (= made from chocolate in the shape of an egg ➡ see also Easter egg , Scotch egg 🔑 [ C ] in women and female animals 妇女和雌性动物 a cell that combines with a sperm to create a baby or young animal SYN ovum ◆ The male sperm fertilizes the female egg . ◆ an egg donor ➡ see also nest egg ● a ˈgood egg (old-fashioned informal a person who you can rely on to behave well ● have /be left with ˈegg on /all over your face (informal to be made to look stupid ◆ They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up . ● put all your eggs in one ˈbasket to rely on one particular course of action for success rather than giving yourself several different possibilities ● a ˌchicken -and -ˈegg situation , problem , etc .a situation in which it is difficult to tell which one of two things was the cause of the other ● the /a ˌcurate's ˈegg (BrE something that has some good parts and some bad ones ● kill the goose that lays the golden ˈegg /ˈeggs (saying to destroy sth that would make you rich , successful , etc . ● you can't make an ˌomelette without breaking ˈeggs (saying you cannot achieve sth important without causing a few small problems ● (as ) sure as eggs is ˈeggs (old-fashioned BrE informal used to say that sth is definitely true ● teach your grandmother to suck ˈeggs (BrE informal to tell or show sb how to do sth that they can already do well , and probably better than you can 🔑 egg BrE /eɡ / NAmE /eɡ / verb present simple - I / you / we / they egg BrE /eɡ / NAmE /eɡ / present simple - he / she / it eggs BrE /eɡz / NAmE /eɡz / past simple egged BrE /eɡd / NAmE /eɡd / past participle egged BrE /eɡd / NAmE /eɡd / -ing form egging BrE /ˈeɡɪŋ / NAmE /ˈeɡɪŋ / ● ˌegg sb↔ˈon (informal to encourage sb to do sth , especially sth that they should not do ◆ He hit the other boy again and again as his friends egged him on .
