| 释义 | 
		1.  | 幼虫;幼体an insect at the stage when it has just come out of an egg and looks like a short fat worm  |  
 n.  | 1. the wingless immature worm-shaped form of many insects that develops into a pupa or chrysalis before becoming an adult insect 2. the immature, early-stage form of frogs and other animals that undergo marked changes during metamorphosis 3. a form that some insects take after they have left the egg and before they develop into their adult form. After a period of time, an insect larva changes into a pupa, inside which the adult insect develops.  |  
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