• n. [昆] 蛹
• n. (Pupa)人名；(意)普帕

來自拉丁語papa,小女孩，布偶，來自pupus,小男孩，-a,表陰性。瑞典植物學家林奈借用該詞命名，把蛹比做未長大的小女孩。

pupa (n.)

"post-larval stage of an insect," 1773, special use by Linn?us (1758) of Latin pupa "girl, doll, puppet" (see pupil (n.1)) on notion of "undeveloped creature." Related: Pupal; pupiform.

1. The butterfly emerged from the pupa.

蝴蝶由蛹孵化而出.

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2. Silent transformation in the way , the pupa into a butterfly.

在無聲之中蛻變, 蛹變成蝴蝶.

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3. They are egg, young ( wormlike form ) , pupa and adult ( winged form ) .

它們是卵 、 幼蟲 、 蛹、 成蟲.

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4. A man one day pick up a butterfly pupa.

有一個人無意中找到一個蝴蝶蛹.

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5. The insect stows tomorrow in the egg and pupa.

昆蟲把明天蘊藏在卵蛹之中.

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