locust

• n.[Phytophthora]イナゴ、[Quin]バッタ

ラテン語のlocusta, イナゴ, ロブスター, 語源に異論があるが、おそらくPIE*lek, bend, turn, joint, 語源はleg, langustineと同じ。イナゴやロブスターなどの節足動物の名前に使われる。

locust

locust: see lobster

locust (n.1)

"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.

1. This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust .

本図はバッタの縦断面を示している.

2.Every inn had a picturesque name-the Black Locust Inn，the Blueberry Inn.

各ホテルには、「アカシアホテル」、「ブルーベリーホテル」などのユニークな名前があります。

3.Ants on the locust tree assume a great-nation swagger.

アリ縁エンジュ誇大国.

4.The locust shrills his song of heat.

セミが暑い季節の歓楽歌を歌う。

5.The locust -trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air.

アカシアの木が花を咲かせていて、空気中に芳しい花の香りが漂っています。