grasshopper

名词 grasshopper:

1. terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
   同义词：hopper
2. a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)

1. Charles started reading when hi was knee-high to a grasshopper.
   查尔斯在很小的时候就开始读书了。
2. I've known him since he was knee-high to a grasshopper.
   他很小的时候我就认识他了。
3. French entomologist noted for his descriptive and behavioral studies of bees and wasps, grasshoppers and crickets, and beetles.
   法布尔，简·亨利1823－1915法国昆虫学家，以对蜜蜂、黄蜂、蚱蜢、蟋蟀和甲虫的描述和行为研究而著称
4. I hadn't seen a grasshopper for years since I moved into the city.
   从我搬进城里以后，我有好几年没见过蚂蚱了。

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n.（名词）
Any of numerous orthopteran insects of the families Locustidae (or Acrididae) and Tettigoniidae, often destructive to plants and characteristically having long, powerful hind legs adapted for jumping.Also called Regional hoppergrass
蝗虫，蚱蜢：螽斯科（或蝗科）大量直翅目昆虫中的任何一种，通常对植物有害，特有适于跳跃的长的、强有力的后腿也作 【区域的】 hoppergrass
A light, usually unarmed airplane used for liaison and scouting.
轻型飞机：一种通常无武装的轻型飞机，用于联络和侦察
A cocktail consisting of crème de menthe, crème de cacao, and cream.
鸡尾酒：一种由薄荷甜酒、可可香草甜酒和冰淇淋组成的鸡尾酒