locust

英['ləʊkəst]美['lokəst]

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复数: locusts;

locust 蝗虫

来自拉丁语locusta,蝗虫，龙虾，词源有争议，可能来自PIE*lek,弯，转，关节，词源同leg,langustine.用以命名如蝗虫，龙虾等节肢动物。

locust: locust: see lobster
locust (n.1): "grasshopper," early 14c., borrowed earlier in Old French form languste (c. 1200), from Latin locusta "locust, lobster" (see lobster).
In the Hebrew Bible there are nine different names for the insect or for particular species or varieties; in the English Bible they are rendered sometimes 'locust,' sometimes 'beetle,' 'grasshopper,' 'caterpillar,' 'palmerworm,' etc. The precise application of several names is unknown. [OED]
locust (n.2): North American tree, 1630s, originally "carob tree" (1610s), whose fruit supposedly resembled the insect (see locust (n.1)). Greek akris "locust" often was applied in the Levant to carob pods. Soon applied in English to other trees as well.

1. This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.: 本图所示为蝗虫的纵剖面.

2. Every inn had a picturesque name — the Black Locust Inn, the Blueberry Inn.: 每个旅馆都有一个别致的名字，如“洋槐树旅馆”、“蓝莓旅馆”。

5. The locust - trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air.: 洋槐树正开着花,空气里弥漫着芬芳的花香.