locust

• n. [植保] 蝗蟲，[昆] 蚱蜢

來自拉丁語locusta,蝗蟲，龍蝦，詞源有爭議，可能來自PIE*lek,彎，轉，關節，詞源同leg,langustine.用以命名如蝗蟲，龍蝦等節肢動物。

locust

locust: see lobster

locust (n.1)

"grasshopper," early 14c., borrowed earlier in Old French form languste (c. 1200), from Latin locusta "locust, lobster" (see lobster).

In the Hebrew Bible there are nine different names for the insect or for particular species or varieties; in the English Bible they are rendered sometimes 'locust,' sometimes 'beetle,' 'grasshopper,' 'caterpillar,' 'palmerworm,' etc. The precise application of several names is unknown. [OED]

locust (n.2)

North American tree, 1630s, originally "carob tree" (1610s), whose fruit supposedly resembled the insect (see locust (n.1)). Greek akris "locust" often was applied in the Levant to carob pods. Soon applied in English to other trees as well.

1. This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.

本圖所示為蝗蟲的縱剖麵.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Every inn had a picturesque name — the Black Locust Inn, the Blueberry Inn.

每個旅館都有一個別致的名字，如“洋槐樹旅館”、“藍莓旅館”。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Ants on the locust tree assume a great - nation swagger.

螞蟻緣槐誇大國.

來自辭典例句

4. The locust shrills his song of heat.

蟬兒唱出炎熱季節的歡歌.

來自辭典例句

5. The locust - trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air.

洋 槐樹 正開著花,空氣裏彌漫著芬芳的花香.

來自英漢文學 - 湯姆曆險