"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
(3) aquatic, terrestrial
Kolokacji: 2
(4) beneficial, unwanted
Kolokacji: 2
1. dead insect = zdechły owad dead insect
2. live insect = żywy owad live insect
3. annoying insect = denerwując owada annoying insect
4. troublesome insect = nieznośny owad troublesome insect
  • Armitage shook her off as if she were a troublesome insect.
  • He turned at the sound of her approach, then backhanded her lazily out of the air like a troublesome insect.
  • The moth is a troublesome insect in the eastern United States and some Western states.
  • But willingly or not, their eyes began to drift back to Tee Bobby, as though he were a troublesome insect that someone should swat.
  • A gloved hand made a backward swing, a stroke that should have brushed Prenter aside like a troublesome insect.
  • The hand rose and brushed away the gaping muzzle of the massive handblaster, as if it were a mildly troublesome insect.
  • Another troublesome insect is the woolly adelgid, which has been devastating the hemlocks in the region.
  • And if he ever finds out that I'm still here, he'll squash me like a troublesome insect.
  • Bats also have an appetite for some of our most troublesome insects.
  • Jonas brushed Coral's hand away from his hair as though it were ii troublesome insect.
5. bothersome insect = kłopotliwy owad bothersome insect
(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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