bluebottle

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blue·bot·tle /ˈbluːˌbɒtl $ -ˌbɑːtl/ noun [countable] British English  HBIa large blue fly 反吐丽蝇，青蝇

Examples from the Corpus

bluebottle• Squashing a bad girl is like trying to squash a bluebottle.• I've just swallowed a bluebottle!• Big bluebottle flies were already buzzing around their wounds; it was very quiet here, and that was the only sound.• One great bluebottle circled his head, ignoring his efforts to brush it away.• He caught a six pound bluebottle!• The bluebottle swung away as though surprised to find space again.

blue·bot·tle nounChineseSyllable  

blue large Corpus a fly

bluebottle
blue‧bot‧tle /ˈbluːˌbɒtl $ -ˌbɑːtl/ noun [countable] British English
a large blue fly

blue·bot·tleBrE /ˈbluːbɒtl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbluːbɑːtl/ 🔊 nouna large fly with a blue body 青蝇；绿头蝇