Definition

1. Noun:
   • Pupa: The life stage of some insects, such as butterflies, moths, or silkworms, during which they are enclosed in a cocoon or chrysalis and undergo transformation from a larva to an adult.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Con tằm đã quấn kén và biến thành nhộng. (The silkworm has spun a cocoon and turned into a pupa.)
  • Những con nhộng sẽ phát triển thành bướm bên trong cái kén. (The pupae will develop into butterflies inside the cocoon.)

Advanced Usage

• "trần như nhộng": An idiom meaning "stark naked" or "naked as a worm," comparing a person's lack of clothing to the bare appearance of a pupa.
  • Đứa bé chạy ra ngoài trần như nhộng. (The child ran outside stark naked.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kén: (Noun) Cocoon; the protective case spun by larvae, inside which the pupal stage occurs.
  • Con tằm nhả tơ để tạo thành kén. (The silkworm secretes silk to form a cocoon.)
• Ấu trùng / Sâu: (Noun) Larva; the immature, worm-like feeding stage before the pupal stage.
  • Ấu trùng bướm thường được gọi là sâu bướm. (Butterfly larvae are often called caterpillars.)

Synonyms

• Chrysalis: (Noun) Specifically refers to the pupal stage of butterflies and moths.
• Pupa: (Noun) The general scientific term.

Related Idioms

• "trần như nhộng": As explained above, this is the primary idiom associated with the word.

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