单词 | beetle off |
例句 | In the long rows of tobacco mounds, children stood in the sun and watched the turkeys eat the hornworm and the devouring beetle off leaves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "In a couple of hours, we should see some rib," Goldman said, reaching into the cage and shaking a few hundred beetles off the body of No Data, now riddled with holes. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Adele was in more forgiving mood while performing in New Zealand, enlisting the aid of an audience member to shoo some beetles off the stage. Adele: 6 golden moments from her tour - BBC News 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z I have to pick beetles off the eggplant leaves, but they look good enough. Study of Organic Crops Finds Fewer Pesticides and More Antioxidants 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z But I could see shrapnel breaking away to the south-west, so I just beetled off after that.... The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z My own method is to get a helper, and, taking one plant at a time, knock the beetles off and kill them with a stick. The Mayflower, January, 1905 After we have shaken the curculio beetles off, to be sure the chickens will devour them readily, but then the pest has generally done its work. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 You may prefer to spray once heavily over all the plants in July and then, after that, keep the beetles off by spraying or dusting the new growth, during August. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 Gurgling happily, he brushed the rats off his chest and the beetles off his face, turned over and went to sleep. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 And with these heartless words she beetled off, leaving me a prey to the gloomiest emotions. Right Ho, Jeeves On the leaves of the bushes there were many curious species of Buprestidae, and I struck these and other beetles off with my net as I rode along.* The Naturalist in Nicaragua It did not kill the beetle off immediately, but it undermined his constitution. Novel Notes |
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