单词
locust
读音
ˈloʊkəst
美式
英式
词根
"Locust" 的词根来自拉丁词 "locusta"，意为蝗虫或者像蝗虫那样的大型昆虫。
释义
n. [植保] 蝗虫，[昆] 蚱蜢 [ 复数 locusts ]
例句
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。
The project involves transferring the skills of the 15, 000 household locust farmers in Thailand across the border.
这个项目涉及到转变跨边界的泰国境内15000名家庭蝗虫养殖者的技能。
As with gingerbread men and gummy bears, the dilemma when served a locust is whether to begin eating it head or legs first.
就像吃姜饼的人和小熊软糖一样，吃蝗虫时的窘境是先吃它的头还是腿。
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。
The project involves transferring the skills of the 15, 000 household locust farmers in Thailand across the border.
这个项目涉及到转变跨边界的泰国境内15000名家庭蝗虫养殖者的技能。
As with gingerbread men and gummy bears, the dilemma when served a locust is whether to begin eating it head or legs first.
就像吃姜饼的人和小熊软糖一样，吃蝗虫时的窘境是先吃它的头还是腿。
强化记忆
想象一下电影《狮子王》中的场景，蝗虫群作为灾难降临，这种画面往往能帮助记忆 "locust" 这个单词。"Locust" 的词源来自拉丁词 "locusta"，原始意思即为 "蝗虫"。在历史和文化背景中，蝗虫经常被视为祸害或者瘟疫的象征，因为它们可以在短时间内对农作物造成严重破坏。
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This is why, over time, I have come to call this epidemic of violencethe Locust Effect.Because in the lives of the poor, it just descends like a plague
these insects directly endanger 10% of humanity.Fortunately, a desert locust plague doesn't last forever.When a wet period ends,
a relentless advance that transforms pastures and farms into barren wastelands.These are desert locusts— infamous among their locust cousinsfor their massive swarms and capacity for destruction.
and Malcolm Burrows came up with a pretty interesting ideabased on the fact that this neuron from a locustdoes not fire action potentials.
into a crop-consuming plague?Desert locust eggs are laid in the damp depths of desert soil,in arid regions stretching from North Africa to South Asia.
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