locusts
蝗虫
常用释义
英音[ ˈləʊkəsts ]
美音[ ˈloʊkəsts ]
基本释义
- n. [植保]蝗虫；[林]洋槐（locust 的复数）
考试频率
高考
考频：近六年出现1次
- n. 蝗虫
六级
考频：近五年出现1次
- n. 蝗虫
例句
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1·There were millions of locusts around us—a locust sandstorm.我们周围有数百万只蝗虫—— 一场蝗虫风暴。
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2·Wheat had come to nearly monopolize the region, but it was particularly vulnerable to the locusts.小麦几乎垄断了这个地区，但它特别容易受到蝗虫的攻击。
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3·Second, there is the New York of the commuter—the city that is swallowed up by locusts each day and spat out each night.其次是通勤者的纽约——这座城市每天被蝗虫吞没，每晚又被吐出来。
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4·Although pastures were often damaged by the locusts, these lands were almost always left in better shape than the crops were.虽然牧场经常被蝗虫破坏，但这些土地几乎总是比庄稼情况更好。
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5·According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts are placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even hum.根据昆虫学家的说法，单个的蝗虫是安静的生物，但是当它们和同类的其他蝗虫放在一起时，它们会变得兴奋，变色，振动，甚至嗡嗡叫。
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6·For example, locusts are small insects.比如，蝗虫是小型昆虫。
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7·In India, locusts have ever destroyed (破坏) many fields of crops.在印度，蝗虫破坏了许多作物田。
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8·However, locusts can be food for birds, chickens, ducks or other living things, even humans.然而，蝗虫可以是鸟类、鸡、鸭或其他生物甚至人类的食物。
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9·Humans are at the top of the food chain. They eat not only locusts, but also birds, chickens, ducks or many other plants and animals.人类处于食物链的顶端，他们不仅吃蝗虫，还吃鸟、鸡、鸭等其他许多动植物。
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10·These crops are attacked by locusts.这些庄稼遭到蝗灾。来源: 《新英汉大辞典》
网络释义
- black locust : 刺槐；洋槐
- locust bean : 槐豆
- locust tree : 刺槐，槐树
- locust bean gum : 豆胶，槐树豆胶
- honey locust : 皂荚树（北美产的）
同义词
n.
蝗虫；洋槐（locust的复数）