Larval describes a young insect that still has a soft, tube-like body and has not yet grown wings. A caterpillar is the larval form of a butterfly; a maggot is the larval form of a fly.

Larval描述的是describes a young insect一種年幼的昆蟲that still has牠還帶著a soft, tube-like body軟軟的、像管子的身體and has not yet grown wings而且還沒長出翅膀；A caterpillar毛毛蟲is就是a butterfly蝴蝶的the larval form幼蟲階段，a maggot蛆is就是a fly蒼蠅的the larval form幼蟲階段

At this stage the insect often looks nothing like the adult — it is busy eating and growing, and only later will it change shape.

At this stage在這個階段the insect這昆蟲often looks nothing like常常長得完全不像the adult成蟲— it is busy eating and growing牠忙著吃東西、長大and only later才will it change shape會變形

You will mostly meet the word in school science, nature programmes, and biology writing. It is a describing word: we say a larval mosquito, or the larval stage, not “a larval” on its own.

You你will mostly meet the word多半會遇到這個字in school science, nature programmes, and biology writing在學校自然課、大自然節目和生物寫作裡。It is它是a describing word一個形容詞：we say我們會說a larval mosquitoa larval mosquito（幼蟲階段的蚊子）, or the larval stage或the larval stage（幼蟲期）, not 'a larval' on its own不會單獨說「a larval」

Though actually, scientists also use it for the early water-living stage of some other animals, such as certain frogs, and academic writers sometimes stretch it to mean “very early and not yet formed,” as in the larval stage of an idea. That last use is not everyday talk.

Though actually不過其實, scientists also use科學家也會用it這個字for the early water-living stage來指...早期在水裡生活的階段of some other animals某些其他動物, such as certain frogs像是某些青蛙, and academic writers而且學術寫作者sometimes stretch it有時候會把它引申to mean成'very early and not yet formed'「非常早期、還沒成形」, as in就像the larval stage of an idea一個想法的the larval stage（雛形階段）；That last use這最後一種用法is not不是everyday talk日常說法