"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.
实用例句
1. This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.
本图所示为蝗虫的纵剖面.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Every inn had a picturesque name — the Black Locust Inn, the Blueberry Inn.
每个旅馆都有一个别致的名字，如“洋槐树旅馆”、“蓝莓旅馆”。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Ants on the locust tree assume a great - nation swagger.
蚂蚁缘槐夸大国.
来自辞典例句
4. The locust shrills his song of heat.
蝉儿唱出炎热季节的欢歌.
来自辞典例句
5. The locust - trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air.
