locusts

英 [ˈləʊkəsts]

美 [ˈloʊkəsts]

n.  蝗虫
locust的复数

柯林斯词典

• 蝗虫
  Locustsare large insects that live mainly in hot countries. They fly in large groups and eat crops.

双语例句

• Plague of locusts had destroyed agriculture and influenced social life, politics and military affairs.
  蝗灾对农业造成破坏，进而影响到社会生活、政治、军事诸方面。
• Some have described private equity groups as locusts.
  一些人将私人股本集团描述为蝗虫。
• The plague of locusts has been described as the worst in more than a decade.
  眼下的蝗灾被认为是过去的十多年中最为严重的一次。
• I compare this status to a rope of locusts.
  我将这种状态、比喻成一条绳子的蚂蚱。
• The plague of locusts is usually led by the gregarious locusts.
  蝗灾通常由群居型蝗虫所引发。
• Another year and another dream had been eaten by the locusts.
  又一年，又一个好梦因蝗虫而付诸流水了。
• New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers.
  新大陆的移栖的蝗虫和常见的美洲蚱蜢。
• He was said to have written such books as The Day of Locusts and Miss Lonely Hearts.
  据说他曾经写过《蝗虫之日》和《寂寞芳心小姐》之类的小说。
• Extracts from the brains of locusts and cockroaches can kill hospital superbugs.
  蝗虫和蟑螂的脑髓的提取物可以杀死医院的超级病菌。
• The locusts stripped the fields.
  蝗虫吃光了田里的庄稼。