🇬🇧🇨🇳 damselfly - 豆娘 : English Lesson

Meaning of "damselfly" ("豆娘"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A damselfly is a tiny, skinny insect with a long stick-like body and two pairs of see‑through wings that it uses to zip and hover around ponds and lakes, a bit like a smaller, slimmer cousin of a dragonfly.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The damselfly hovered over my homework like a tiny flying teacher checking my spelling.

The damselfly kept hovering by my juice box like it wanted to read the nutrition facts.

When the damselfly landed on my finger, I felt like a wizard whose magic power was ‘really small bugs.’

I tried to take a selfie, but a damselfly photobombed and looked better than me.

Damselflies are such good fliers that some can even fly backward.

A boy sat by a pond. A small damselfly rested on his finger, its thin long body and two pairs of clear wings trembling. A second damselfly flashed above the water. Another damselfly watched nearby. The damselfly on his hand folded its wings along its body. He held his breath, then the damselfly lifted off and drifted away.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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