| 释义 |
locustlo‧cust /ˈləʊkəst $ ˈloʊ-/ noun [countable]   locustOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin locusta ‘lobster or similar animal’ - Churchill's biographer refers to the years before the Second World War as the locust years.
- Control has often centred on powerful organochlorine pesticides, which kill the locusts but can then damage the environment.
- Growing close to the house was a gnarled locust tree.
- I first saw it in the locust on the dry ridges, about twenty years ago.
- Perhaps nets were hung over windows and doorways in the temples to keep out birds, and possibly dragon-flies and locusts.
- Swarms of locusts have been reported in 15 provinces.
- The yellow locust is another matter entirely.
- They resembled a horde of human locusts.
► Insectsabdomen, nounant, nounantenna, nounanthill, nounaphid, nounbedbug, nounbee, nounbeetle, nounblack widow, nounbloodsucker, nounblow-fly, nounbluebottle, nounboll weevil, nounbookworm, nounbug, nounbumblebee, nounbutterfly, nouncaterpillar, nouncell, nouncentipede, nounchrysalis, nouncicada, nouncobweb, nouncockchafer, nouncockroach, nouncocoon, nouncomb, nouncrane fly, nouncreepy-crawly, nouncricket, noundaddy longlegs, noundragonfly, noundrone, nounearwig, nounentomology, nounfeeler, nounfirefly, nounflea, nounfly, verbfly, nounfruit fly, noungadfly, nounglow-worm, noungnat, noungossamer, noungrasshopper, noungreenfly, noungrub, nounhoneybee, nounhoneycomb, nounhornet, nounhorsefly, nounhousefly, nouninsect, nouninsectivore, nounkatydid, nounladybird, nounlarva, nounlice, nounlightning bug, nounlocust, nounlouse, nounmaggot, nounmantis, nounmayfly, nounmidge, nounmillipede, nounmite, nounmosquito, nounmoth, nounnectar, nounnest, nounnit, nounnymph, nounpest, nounpod, nounpraying mantis, nounproboscis, nounpupa, nounqueen, nounroach, nounsand fly, nounscarab, nounsilkworm, nounsilverfish, nounspider, nounspin, verbstick insect, nounsting, verbsting, nounstinger, nounsucker, nounswarm, nounswarm, verbtarantula, nountermite, nounthorax, nountick, nountortoiseshell, nountrilobite, nountsetse fly, nountzetze fly, nounvein, nounverminous, adjectivewasp, nounwater bug, nounweb, nounweevil, nounwing, nounwinged, adjectivewoodlouse, nounwoodworm, noun ► a plague of rats/locusts etc- From Tracy Luv to Sarah-Lou, Corrie kids are as well-behaved as a plague of locusts.
- I wonder what really causes a plague of rats?
an insect that lives mainly in Asia and Africa and flies in a very large group, eating and destroying crops:  a swarm of locusts |