释义
n.
a large and mainly tropical grasshopper with strong powers of flight. It is usually solitary, but from time to time there is a population explosion and it migrates in vast swarms which cause extensive damage to crops
蝗虫。
(亦作seventeen-year locust)US the periodical cicada
〈美〉 周期蝉,十七年蝉。
(亦作locust bean)the large edible pod of some plants of the pea family, in particular the carob bean, which is said to resemble a locust
长角豆。
(亦作locust tree)any of a number of pod-bearing trees of the pea family, in particular the carob tree and the false acacia
长角豆树,洋槐,刺槐。
词源
"Middle English: via Old French locuste from Latin locusta ‘locust, crustacean’."