单词

grasshopper

读音

ˈɡræshɑːpər

美式

英式

词根

"Grasshopper" 是一个合成词，由 "grass"（草）和 "hopper"（跳跃者）两个部分组成，意为在草地上跳跃的昆虫。

释义

n. 蚱蜢；[植保] 蝗虫；小型侦察机 vi. 见异思迁；蚱蜢似地跳 [ 复数 grasshoppers ]

例句

I bought a painting of a bug and a grasshopper.

我买过一幅画着虫子和蝗虫的画。

If that happens, the grasshopper has a backup defense.

如果发生这种情况，蚱蜢就有了后备防御。

The grasshopper sprang straight into the King's face, so the King declared that was horribly rude.

蚱蜢向国王的脸上跳过来，因此国王就说这简直是可恶之至。

强化记忆

你可以在脑海中想像一个正在草地上跳跃的蚱蜢的画面，这样就可以轻松记住 "grasshopper" 这个单词了。"Grasshopper" 这个词源自古英语的 "gærshoppa"，原意是草上跳跃的生物。在一些文化里，蚱蜢被视为转变和重新出发的象征，因为它们的生命周期包含从卵到成虫的巨大变化。

看视频学发音

And it reminds me a little bit of Aesop’s fableof the ant and the grasshopper,where earlier in their life they acted like a grasshopper instead of the ant,

EM: We're actually, we've been making some good progress recentlywith something we call the Grasshopper Test Project,where we're testing the vertical landing portion of the flight,

This pattern appears over and over again.Grasshopper mice resist painful venom from scorpion preythrough genetic changes in their nervous systems.

The influence -- and if you have noticed, one of myspheres of influence is biology -- is from a grasshopper.And grasshoppers have a different kind of breathing system.