locust

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Insectslocustlo‧cust /ˈləʊkəst $ ˈloʊ-/ noun [countable] HBIan insect that lives mainly in Asia and Africa and flies in a very large group, eating and destroying crops a swarm of locustsExamples from the Corpuslocust• Perhaps nets were hung over windows and doorways in the temples to keep out birds, and possibly dragon-flies and locusts.• Growing close to the house was a gnarled locust tree.• They resembled a horde of human locusts.• Swarms of locusts have been reported in 15 provinces.• Churchill's biographer refers to the years before the Second World War as the locust years.• I first saw it in the locust on the dry ridges, about twenty years ago.• The yellow locust is another matter entirely.Origin locust (1300-1400) Latin locusta “lobster or similar animal”

单词	locust
释义	locust From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Insectslocustlo‧cust /ˈləʊkəst $ ˈloʊ-/ noun [countable] HBIan insect that lives mainly in Asia and Africa and flies in a very large group, eating and destroying crops a swarm of locustsExamples from the Corpuslocust• Perhaps nets were hung over windows and doorways in the temples to keep out birds, and possibly dragon-flies and locusts.• Growing close to the house was a gnarled locust tree.• They resembled a horde of human locusts.• Swarms of locusts have been reported in 15 provinces.• Churchill's biographer refers to the years before the Second World War as the locust years.• I first saw it in the locust on the dry ridges, about twenty years ago.• The yellow locust is another matter entirely.Origin locust (1300-1400) Latin locusta “lobster or similar animal”
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