"insect" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

insect sustantivo

sustantivo + insect
Kolokacji: 14
Insect of Hawaii • scale insect • stick insect • pest insect • night insect • ...
insect + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 21
vertebrate insect host • insect vector • insect bite • insect control • insect pest • ...
insect + verbo
Kolokacji: 41
insect buzzing • insect crawls • insect eats • insect flies • insect makes • ...
verbo + insect
Kolokacji: 33
eat insects • catch insects • attract insects • feed on insects • kill insects • ...
adjetivo + insect
Kolokacji: 71
small insect • large insect • aquatic insect • tiny insect • giant insect • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
1. small insect = niewielki owad small insect
2. tiny insect = maleńki owad tiny insect
3. little insect = mało owada little insect
  • The little insects started by eating the deep-set eyes, which were open.
  • I should have wiped the little insect off the face of the earth.
  • Then let the flies and the little insects of the air find her honeyed mouth.
  • The little insects are a marvel to watch as they feed.
  • The water was like glass, and in it were little insects with oars.
  • The little shining insects that march over your flesh when you're ill.
  • "What's the name of the little insect that stings people sometimes, Pomp?"
  • Paul, all those little insects in you, eating you up.
  • There is a little insect which lays its eggs in the pungi.
  • Other than some little black insects I found nothing.
4. microscopic insect = mikroskopijny owad microscopic insect
(3) aquatic, terrestrial
Kolokacji: 2
(4) beneficial, unwanted
Kolokacji: 2
(9) winged, wingless
Kolokacji: 2
(10) predatory, hungry, voracious
Kolokacji: 3
(13) rare, occasional
Kolokacji: 2
(14) blood-sucking, sap-sucking
Kolokacji: 2
(16) mechanical, robotic
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + insect
Kolokacji: 16
of insects • from insects • for insects • with insects • on insects • ...

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