locust / ˈloʊ kəst /

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locust 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
  2. any of various cicadas, as the seventeen-year locust.
  3. any of several North American trees belonging to the genus Robinia, of the legume family, especially R. pseudoacacia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
  4. the durable wood of this tree.
  5. any of various other trees, as the carob and the honey locust.

locust 近义词

n. 名词 noun

insect

locust 的近义词 2

更多locust例句

  1. Scientists weren’t sure what coaxed solitary migratory locusts of another species, Locusta migratoria, to congregate.
  2. They started by identifying chemicals that gregarious locusts pump out.
  3. When solitary locusts get together, they do more than hang out.
  4. This year, East Africa is experiencing its worst locust plague in decades.
  5. It proved alluring to locusts of all sexes and ages, including both solitary and gregarious forms.
  6. This spring, Israel found itself in the midst of a locust invasion.
  7. I long for the day I no longer have to think about this pestilential little locust.
  8. In refurbishing the park, the designers added 54 honey locust trees and one larger London Plane at the northeastern corner.
  9. "No wonder things git pindlin' under this old locust-tree," Sophy heard him grumble.
  10. Something sang in the sunny air above my head, and I flicked with my whip to drive the locust away.
  11. Oak and walnut trees abound upon this creek, besides elm, ash, and locust.
  12. It bears a pod similar to that of the locust, to which it is related, containing eight to twelve beans.
  13. Say, that's why they call a policeman's club his locust, ain't it?