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seventeen-year locust

/ˌsɛvənˈtiːn jɪər ˈloʊkəst/

翻译: 指每隔17年才出现一次的大规模蝉类,常被称为十七年蝉。虽然英文名为locust(蝗虫),但它实际上是蝉,而非蝗虫。

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/ˌsɛvənˈtiːn jɪər ˈloʊkəst/informalamericanscientific已废弃
  • zh指每隔17年才出现一次的大规模蝉类,常被称为十七年蝉。虽然英文名为locust(蝗虫),但它实际上是蝉,而非蝗虫。

An outdated colloquial term for periodical cicadas, specifically those that emerge every 17 years. Despite the name, they are not locusts but cicadas. The term is considered obsolete because modern entomology distinguishes between locusts and cicadas.

  1. Periodical cicadaC1informalamerican

    A type of cicada that emerges from the ground every 17 years in large numbers, often mistakenly called a locust.

    zh周期蝉

    • The seventeen-year locust emerged in the Midwest this spring.
    • People were amazed by the loud buzzing of the seventeen-year locust.
    • The seventeen-year locust is actually a cicada, not a true locust.