| 单词 | grasshopper egg |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrasshopper egg a. General attributive, as grasshopper egg, grasshopper infestation, etc. ΚΠ 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 146 The next Tribe of Insects which I shall take notice of, is the Locust or Grasshopper Kind. 1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams vi. lxv. 309 Thy grasshopper-breast, on a spindle As fine as an antling's, can stand. 1813 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 4) II. 182 The Grasshopper species are not yet hatched. 1874 Prairie Farmer 17 Oct. 329/6 I saw a letter, the writer asking for information as to whether grasshopper eggs would hatch out in the spring and destroy our crops another year. 1913 Kansas Farmer 25 Oct. 14/2 The grasshopper population of Western Kansas is ‘shy’ this fall. 1970 Washington Post 16 Sept. a24/2 Gastronomically speaking, grasshopper legs are bad news. 1985 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 12 July Last year, Manitoba farmers claimed $750,000 in crop insurance as a result of grasshopper damage. 2016 Denver Post (Nexis) 31 Aug. 2 c Grasshopper infestations defoliated some of the apple trees. < as lemmas |
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