| 单词 | locust-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈlocust-like ˈlocust-like adv. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adverb] ruinouslyc1450 perniciously1533 consuminglya1542 wastefully?1567 locust-like1596 fatallya1616 extinctively1633 destructively1661 shatteringly1818 destroyingly1820 corrosively1831 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adverb] > eating voraciously greedilyc1000 frecklyc1275 ravenously?a1425 frechedlyc1450 raveningly1533 devouringly1552 locust-like1596 gulchingly1598 greedy1599 voraciously1752 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lv. 245 Her Guizards..into Scotland Locusts-like[sic] in her Pretext did swarme. 1662 G. Wither Paralellogrammaton 85 The Locusts, presignified that innumerable company of Locust-like unprofitable Cardinals, Abbots, Prelates, Monks, Fryars, Jesuites, and such-like devouring Animals. 1771 M. A. Meilan Northumberland i. ii. 21 Once more our church shall groan beneath the scourge Of superstitious priests, who, locust like,—Where'er they wheel their pestilential flight,—Spread universal ruin. 1796 B. Waller Poems Several Occasions 96 See! Locust-like they pour their hosts O'er Belgium's flat champaign. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 25 Locust-like, they had devoured the edibles, and left us remains which were neither tender nor tempting. 1909 Outing Oct. 16/2 His ear [must be] quick to catch the locust-like warnings of deadly rattlesnakes. 2009 R. Kennedy Couch Tales vi. 75 It is a picturesque little place, unspoilt by locust-like tourists. < as lemmas |
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