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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   locust

   • IPA[ˈlōkəst]

   美式

   • n.
     a large and mainly tropical grasshopper with strong powers of flight. It is usually solitary, but from time to time there is a population explosion, and it migrates in vast swarms that cause extensive damage to crops.；the periodical cicada.

   • noun: locust, plural noun: locusts

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a large and mainly tropical grasshopper with strong powers of flight. It is usually solitary, but from time to time there is a population explosion, and it migrates in vast swarms that cause extensive damage to crops.
   • ▪ US the periodical cicada.
   • 2. the large edible pod of some plants of the pea family, in particular the carob bean, which is said to resemble a locust.
   • 3. any of a number of pod-bearing trees of the pea family, in particular the carob tree and the black locust.

   black locust

   • n.
     a North American tree with compound leaves and dense, hanging clusters of fragrant white ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   honey locust

   • n.
     a spiny tree of the pea family, grown as an ornamental for its fernlike foliage.

   Oxford Dictionary

   locust years

   • plural
     years of hardship or poverty.

   Oxford Dictionary

   honey locust

   • n.
     a tree of the pea family with long branched thorns, although a thornless variety has been ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   seventeen-year locust

   • n.
     the nymph of the northern species of the periodical cicada.

   Oxford American Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   locust

   • IPA[ˈləʊkəst]

   英式

   • n.
     a large, mainly tropical grasshopper with strong powers of flight. It is usually solitary, but ...

   Oxford Dictionary