English Dictionary

grasshopper

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə(ɹ)/

名詞

比喩的用法

In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.

日本語の意味

バッタ（昆虫綱、直翅目のCaelifera亜目、特にAcrididae科に属する昆虫を指す）

A grasshopper leaped from one sun-warmed stone to another, its powerful hind legs propelling it with sudden, precise jumps.

アクリディダエ科に属するバッタが、日差しで温まった石から別の石へ跳び移り、強力な後脚で素早く正確な跳躍を繰り返した。

意味（1）

In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.

意味（2）

In a looser sense, also includes the katydids (also known as longhorned grasshoppers or bush crickets), which are members of the family Tettigoniidae, of the suborder Ensifera.

意味（3）

A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao.

意味（4）

(figuratively) A young student in initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent.

Although we don't know exactly why Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isn't from bourgeois stock. Phew. There are no known landowners in the family, so the grasshopper passes some cultural purity test, in a state often fixated on class warfare, driven by the cult of personality, and bullied by paranoia.

意味（5）

(music) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.

John Geib […]patented the hopper with two separate escapements, one of which soon became adopted in the grasshopper of the square piano

grasshoppers （ plural ）