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词汇 cicada
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Definition of cicada in English:

cicada

noun sɪˈkɑːdə
  • A large homopterous insect with long transparent wings, found chiefly in warm countries. The male cicada makes a loud, shrill droning noise by vibrating two membranes on its abdomen.

    Family Cicadidae, suborder Homoptera: many genera

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Today, over a breakfast of orange juice and cereal, the two of them sit on Michael's back patio in the summer and listen to the cicadas sing.
    • A crescent moon had just risen though it was not yet dark, and the cicadas were singing.
    • Unless you are a cicada or a mosquito, Washington DC is not considered the destination of choice at this time of year.
    • He goes for walk one day and witnesses a fight between a cicada and a much smaller praying mantis.
    • They also occasionally eat insects, especially grasshoppers, cicadas and crickets.
    • The air seemed to beat against my ear drums, vibrating with the piercing rattle of insects - cicadas, grasshoppers and huge black beetles.
    • It is a jungle resort where the hill villas are surrounded by lush greenery containing the sounds of screeching monkeys and chattering cicadas.
    • The sounds of crickets and cicadas filled the air in the campground.
    • If cicadas come out when few predators are around, they flourish.
    • On land, an unseen cicada had begun its shrill noise.
    • The cicadas make themselves known on these hot days and they're quite loud from the casuarina trees immediately behind the sand.
    • They are nothing like the cicadas, which pop up every 17 years and make one heck of a racket, then disappear quietly.
    • Watch a kite sweep the skies for large insects such as grasshoppers, cicadas and dragonflies.
    • The dog-day cicada is dark with green markings.
    • But even over the noise, I could hear the monotonous drone of a cicada.
    • It's getting darker earlier, the cicadas are singing, and here we are into September.
    • Their wings make a whine much like the sound of a cicada.
    • The hum of the cicadas was softening to a barely audible moan.
    • She folds her arms across her chest, letting the crickets and cicadas hidden in the garden fill up the silence.
    • A lone cicada will sound as loud and true as any brass band practising in an empty concert hall.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin cicada, cicala.

Rhymes

ardour (US ardor), armada, Bader, cadre, carder, Dalriada, enchilada, Garda, gelada, Granada, Haggadah, Hamada, intifada, lambada, larder, Masada, Nevada, panada, piña colada, pousada, promenader, retarder, Scheherazade, Theravada, Torquemada, tostada

Definition of cicada in US English:

cicada

noun
  • A large homopterous insect with long transparent wings, occurring chiefly in warm countries. The male cicada makes a loud shrill droning noise by vibrating two membranes on its abdomen.

    Family Cicadidae, suborder Homoptera: many genera

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But even over the noise, I could hear the monotonous drone of a cicada.
    • Unless you are a cicada or a mosquito, Washington DC is not considered the destination of choice at this time of year.
    • The cicadas make themselves known on these hot days and they're quite loud from the casuarina trees immediately behind the sand.
    • He goes for walk one day and witnesses a fight between a cicada and a much smaller praying mantis.
    • The sounds of crickets and cicadas filled the air in the campground.
    • Their wings make a whine much like the sound of a cicada.
    • If cicadas come out when few predators are around, they flourish.
    • It is a jungle resort where the hill villas are surrounded by lush greenery containing the sounds of screeching monkeys and chattering cicadas.
    • They also occasionally eat insects, especially grasshoppers, cicadas and crickets.
    • A crescent moon had just risen though it was not yet dark, and the cicadas were singing.
    • The hum of the cicadas was softening to a barely audible moan.
    • The dog-day cicada is dark with green markings.
    • They are nothing like the cicadas, which pop up every 17 years and make one heck of a racket, then disappear quietly.
    • She folds her arms across her chest, letting the crickets and cicadas hidden in the garden fill up the silence.
    • It's getting darker earlier, the cicadas are singing, and here we are into September.
    • A lone cicada will sound as loud and true as any brass band practising in an empty concert hall.
    • On land, an unseen cicada had begun its shrill noise.
    • Today, over a breakfast of orange juice and cereal, the two of them sit on Michael's back patio in the summer and listen to the cicadas sing.
    • Watch a kite sweep the skies for large insects such as grasshoppers, cicadas and dragonflies.
    • The air seemed to beat against my ear drums, vibrating with the piercing rattle of insects - cicadas, grasshoppers and huge black beetles.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin cicada, cicala.

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