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    scarab

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Insects
    scar·ab /ˈskærəb/ (also scarab beetle) noun [countable]  HBIa type of large black beetle 圣甲虫
    Examples from the Corpus
    scarab• They glittered like the backs of scarabs caught in torchlight at the rear of a tomb.    Origin scarab (1500-1600) Latin scarabaeus
    scar·ab nounChineseSyllable
    black beetle Corpus type of a large


    scarab
    scar‧ab /ˈskærəb/ (also ˈscarab ˌbeetle) noun [countable]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Latin
     Origin: scarabaeus
    a type of large black beetle


    scarabBrE /ˈskærəb/ 🔊NAmE /ˈskærəb/ 🔊 (also ˈscarab beetle) nouna large black beetle (= an insect with a hard shell); a design showing a scarab beetle 金龟子；圣甲虫；甲虫形护符