英语词汇“locust beetle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

locust beetle n. [originally after post-classical Latin scarabaeus locusta or its model Dutch sprinkhaantorre (both 1737 in the passage translated in quot. 1758)] (a) a locust or cicada, or other insect thought to resemble one of these (see senses 1 and 4) (now rare); (b) any of several beetles associated with locust trees; esp. (U.S.) an orange and black leaf beetle, Odontota dorsalis, the larvae of which are leafminers of the black locust, Robinia pseudoacacia.In quot. 1758, a click beetle (family Elateridae).

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1758 T. Flloyd & J. Hill tr. J. Swammerdam Bk. Nature 125/2 I preserve..our species of Beetles, which..can..jump into the air; wherefore we think that the name of Grasshopper or Locust Beetle [L. Scarabaei Locustae nomen, Du. de naam van Sprink-haan-Torren] is a proper one for them.

1835 Sci. Tracts 4 212 There is room to conjecture that the original form of the locust beetle is that of what is commonly, in this vicinity, called the muckworm.

1896 J. B. Smith Econ. Entomol. ii. vi. 222 Perhaps the most common species is the Odontota dorsalis, or locust-beetle, which occurs abundantly on the leaves in early summer.

1912 E. D. Sanderson & C. F. Jackson Elements Entomol. 157 (caption) The leaf-mining locust-beetle (Odontota dorsalis).

1924 D. H. Lawrence Let. 15 Nov. (2002) V. 167 It's the chief market today... Awful things to eat—including squashed fried locust-beetles.

2013 C. M. Marchese & K. Flottum Honey Connoisseur iii. 82/1 It [sc. goldenrod] becomes a monoculture.., attracting hordes of various consumers—honey bees for nectar and pollen, locust beetles for pollen, [etc.].

单词	locust beetle
释义	> as lemmas locust beetle locust beetle n. [originally after post-classical Latin scarabaeus locusta or its model Dutch sprinkhaantorre (both 1737 in the passage translated in quot. 1758)] (a) a locust or cicada, or other insect thought to resemble one of these (see senses 1 and 4) (now rare); (b) any of several beetles associated with locust trees; esp. (U.S.) an orange and black leaf beetle, Odontota dorsalis, the larvae of which are leafminers of the black locust, Robinia pseudoacacia.In quot. 1758, a click beetle (family Elateridae). ΚΠ 1758 T. Flloyd & J. Hill tr. J. Swammerdam Bk. Nature 125/2 I preserve..our species of Beetles, which..can..jump into the air; wherefore we think that the name of Grasshopper or Locust Beetle [L. Scarabaei Locustae nomen, Du. de naam van Sprink-haan-Torren] is a proper one for them. 1835 Sci. Tracts 4 212 There is room to conjecture that the original form of the locust beetle is that of what is commonly, in this vicinity, called the muckworm. 1896 J. B. Smith Econ. Entomol. ii. vi. 222 Perhaps the most common species is the Odontota dorsalis, or locust-beetle, which occurs abundantly on the leaves in early summer. 1912 E. D. Sanderson & C. F. Jackson Elements Entomol. 157 (caption) The leaf-mining locust-beetle (Odontota dorsalis). 1924 D. H. Lawrence Let. 15 Nov. (2002) V. 167 It's the chief market today... Awful things to eat—including squashed fried locust-beetles. 2013 C. M. Marchese & K. Flottum Honey Connoisseur iii. 82/1 It [sc. goldenrod] becomes a monoculture.., attracting hordes of various consumers—honey bees for nectar and pollen, locust beetles for pollen, [etc.]. extracted from locustn. < as lemmas
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