1640s, from French centipède, from Latin centipeda "many-footed insect," from centum "hundred" (see hundred) + pedis, genitive of pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).
双语例句
1. The creature is a tiny centipede, just 10 millimeters long.
那个生物是一只很小的蜈蚣，只有10毫米长。
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2. A centipede snaked swiftly away.
一只蜈蚣飞快地爬开了.
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3. Centipede bite yesterday was a dream, scared to death!
昨天梦见被蜈蚣咬了, 吓死了!
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4. Remember ! Don't play with a centipede even if it looks dead.
那时候我看到一只蜈蚣被人家打扁了,只剩下头还没扁,我认为它已经死了.
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5. I heard the cock to the centipede, and even went into hiding.