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locusts

UK //ˈləʊ.kəsts//US //ˈloʊ.kəsts//

词源

源自拉丁语 'locusta',意为蝗虫或龙虾。

noun

❶ 蝗虫,一种会成群迁徙并大量啃食农作物的昆虫,常造成严重农业灾害。

“The farmers were worried about the locusts destroying their crops.”

(农民们担心蝗虫会毁坏他们的庄稼。)

“A swarm of locusts can eat an entire field in just a few hours.”

(一群蝗虫能在几小时内吃光整片田地。)

同义词:grasshopper, swarming insect, pest

常见短语

plague of locusts — 蝗灾,指蝗虫大规模侵袭农田,造成严重破坏的自然灾害。

“The region suffered from a devastating plague of locusts last year.”

(去年该地区遭受了毁灭性的蝗灾。)