| 单词 | locust swarm |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslocust swarm locust swarm n. ΚΠ 1680 R. D. Satyr against Satyrs 16 Poor Egypt's land had ten plagues; we have more, The Popes and Cardinals are the sad plague-sore, The Fryars the Locust swarm the land o're spreads. 1751 J. Fortescue Science 1 Then Egypt's priests as reptile, mean, and vile, As serpents gender'd on the banks of Nile, Like locust-swarms..O'er the green trees their baneful influence pour'd. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc v. 171 Who send their locust swarms O'er ravaged realms. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiv. 321 A locust-swarm of foragers. 1910 Nature 13 Jan. 314/2 Several species of birds..pursue the locust swarms, and sometimes well-nigh exterminate them. 2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies iv. 96 The locust swarms of Africa are legendary. < as lemmas |
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