locust是什么意思

locust

英 ['l??k?st] 美 ['lok?st]

locust 蝗蟲

來自拉丁語locusta,蝗蟲，龍蝦，詞源有爭議，可能來自PIE*lek,彎，轉，關節，詞源同leg,langustine.用以命名如蝗蟲，龍蝦等節肢動物。

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.: 本圖所示為蝗蟲的縱剖面.

2. Every inn had a picturesque name — the Black Locust Inn, the Blueberry Inn.: 每個旅館都有一個別致的名字，如“洋槐樹旅館”、“藍莓旅館”。

5. The locust - trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air.: 洋槐樹正開著花,空氣里彌漫著芬芳的花香.