locust
/ˈləʊ.kəst//ˈloʊ.kəst/
- n.
- 蝗虫，蚱蜢，蝉
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
locust
词源说明
Inherited from Middle English locuste, locust, from Anglo-Norman locuste, Middle French locuste, and their source, Latin locusta (“locust, crustacean, lobster”). Doublet of langouste.
Noun sense 3 (“kind of tree”), originally referring to the carob (compare locust bean), is based on the resemblance of the trees' beanlike seed pods to the insect and is likely a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís).
Noun sense 5 (“mainlander”) is a semantic loan from Cantonese 蝗蟲 / 蝗虫 (wong4 cung4), also meaning "locust".
释义
名词noun
- 1Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, especially migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria). [from 14th c.]
- 2now historicalA fruit or pod of a carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua). [from 16th c.]