grasshopper
n. 蚱蜢, 蝗虫
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教材释义与例句
蚱蜢； 蝗虫；小型侦察机
见异思迁；蚱蜢似地跳
释义与例句
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A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
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A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.
蚱蜢
蚂蚱
草蜢
草蜢仔
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A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
In a looser sense, also includes the katydids (also known as longhorned grasshoppers or bush crickets), which are members of the family Tettigoniidae, of the suborder Ensifera.
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A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao.
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A young student in the initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent.
比喻Although we don't know exactly why Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isn't from bourgeois stock. Phew. There are no known landowners in the family, so the grasshopper passes some cultural purity test, in a state often fixated on class warfare, driven by the cult of personality, and bullied by paranoia.
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A frequent user of marijuana.
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In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.
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A fairy chess piece which moves orthogonally or diagonally, but must hop over a piece to move or capture, landing one square beyond the hopped piece.
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Of a crop, to be ruined or destroyed by grasshoppers.
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To move a riverboat over an obstruction, such as a sandbar.
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Of an animal, to hunt and eat grasshoppers.
罕用 及物
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词源
From Middle English grashoppere, alteration of earlier grashoppe, from Old English græshoppa (“grasshopper”). Equivalent to grass + hopper. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäärshupper, Dutch grashupper, grashipper, German Low German Grashüpper, Gresshüpper, German Grashüpfer, Danish græshoppe, Swedish gräshoppa, Norwegian gresshoppe.
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