grasshopper

英 ['ɡrɑːshɒpə(r)] 美 ['ɡræshɑːpər]

• n. 蚱蜢；蝗虫；轻型飞机；蚱蜢鸡尾酒

英英释义

Noun:

1. terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

2. a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The spider trapped a grasshopper in its web.
   那蜘蛛在它的网上捕捉到了一只蚂蚱。
2. The mantis and grasshopper are small animals in the field.
   螳螂和蚱蜢是田地里的小动物。
3. The grasshopper was cold and hungry.
   蝗虫又冷又饿。

经典引文

• Put the paper inside your shirt, so..that old bastard of a grass-'opper won't tumble it.

  出自： B. Behan

词汇搭配

• long-horned grasshopper 螽斯
• rice grasshopper 稻蝗
• short-horned grasshopper 短角蚱蜢(Acrid...
• knee-high to a grasshopper 十分幼小

近反义词

【近义词】

• insect 昆虫
• hopper 跳跃者（物或昆虫）...