| 单词 | seventeen-year locust |
| 例句 | Dear Jack: The seventeen-year locust isn't a locust at all. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z Butterflies have been heard to utter a loud click, and the same is true of many beetles; while the cicada, or seventeen-year locust, utters a most remarkable note or series of sounds. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Who knows what sort of seventeen-year locust will next come out of the ground? Walden If we were threatened with any other direful visitation —influenza, say, or the seventeen-year locust,—I should naturally read up on the subject in order to know what to expect. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations Juan uttered a series of extraordinary whoops, and working his legs like the long limbs of a seventeen-year locust, he dashed to the head of the procession. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings If we have had the seven-years' itch, we have not seen the seventeen-year locust yet in Concord. Walden |
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