locust
UK/'lәukәst/US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A type of grasshopper that travels in large swarms and causes great damage to crops
蝗虫
v.
To arrive or move in a large destructive swarm
成群涌入
Root Breakdown
Native Englishlocustother
=locust
Common Collocations
- 1.locust swarm蝗群
- 2.locust plague蝗灾
Example Sentences
- 1.
A swarm of locusts can devastate an entire crop in a matter of hours.