locust
Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family…Any 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).
» The locusts had destroyed everything in their path.
Значение
значений: 6Any 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).
Heuschrecke, Wanderheuschrecke
саранча́sarančá, саранчу́кsarančúk, сарана́saraná
сарана́saraná
(историческое)A fruit or pod of a carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua).
Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; locust tree.
hardwood from any of various locust trees
A cicada.
(Hong Kong, пренебрежительное, ethnic, оскорбительное, slur)A mainlander.
(Британия, устаревшее, сленг)A dose of laudanum.
Примеры
предложений: 21The locusts had destroyed everything in their path.
A swarm of locusts descended on the cornfield.
Рой саранчи опустился на кукурузное поле.
That's not a locust, that's a grasshopper!
Это не саранча, это кузнечик!
deDas ist keine Heuschrecke, sondern ein Grashüpfer.
The locust made a big jump.
deDie Heuschrecke machte einen großen Sprung.
People are like locusts in the fields.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
Inherited from Middle English locuste, locust, from Anglo-Norman locuste, Middle French loInherited from Middle English locuste, locust, from Anglo-Norman locuste, Middle French locuste, and their source, Latin locustam (“locust, crustacean, lobster”, accusative of locusta). Doublet of langouste.
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Формы
мн. число: locustsСинонимы
синонимов: 1- any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae:locust tree