英：['tri:hɒpə]
美：['triˌhɒpə]
treehopper如何读
treehopper是什么意思
- n.[昆]角蝉
treehopper英英释义
- n.small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs
treehopper词源英文解释
The first known use of treehopper was circa 1839
treehopper儿童词典英英释义
trefoilnoun
any of several herbs (as a clover) of the legume family with leaves that have or appear to have three leaflets
an ornament or symbol shaped like a leaf with three parts
treetopnoun
the highest part of a tree
plural the height or line marked by the tops of a group of trees
tree1 of 2noun
a woody plant that lives for years and has a usually single tall main stem with few or no branches on its lower part
a shrub or herb that has a form like a tree a banana tree
rose trees
a piece of wood (as a post or pole) put to a particular use of forming part of a structure or device
something shaped like or arranged in a form like a treeespecially: a diagram or graph in branching form compare factor tree, family tree sense 2
tree2 of 2verb
to drive up or as if up a tree
to furnish or fit with a tree
tree an axle
tree1 of 2noun
a woody plant that lives for years and has a usually single tall main stem with few or no branches on its lower part
a shrub or herb that has a form like a tree a banana tree
rose trees
a piece of wood (as a post or pole) put to a particular use of forming part of a structure or device
something shaped like or arranged in a form like a treeespecially: a diagram or graph in branching form compare factor tree, family tree sense 2
tree2 of 2verb
to drive up or as if up a tree
to furnish or fit with a tree
tree an axle
tree1 of 2noun
a woody plant that lives for years and has a usually single tall main stem with few or no branches on its lower part
a shrub or herb that has a form like a tree a banana tree
rose trees
a piece of wood (as a post or pole) put to a particular use of forming part of a structure or device
something shaped like or arranged in a form like a treeespecially: a diagram or graph in branching form compare factor tree, family tree sense 2
tree2 of 2verb
to drive up or as if up a tree
to furnish or fit with a tree
tree an axle
tree housenoun
a structure (as a playhouse) built among the branches of a tree
treehoppernoun
any of several small leaping insects that are related to the leafhoppers and feed on sap from branches and twigs
treehoppernoun
any of several small leaping insects that are related to the leafhoppers and feed on sap from branches and twigs
treehopper 例句
1 Sitting on a plant sucking juices all day makes you a pretty easy target, so planthoppers often mimic leaves, similar to the way their close relatives the treehoppers mimic thorns and other plant bits.
2 The two developmental biologists from the Institute of Developmental Biology of Marseilles-Luminy in France and their colleagues took a close look at five treehopper species.
3 Sullivan-Beckers studied treehoppers as a doctoral student and describes this particular treehopper as a small insect, about the size of a pea, that looks like it’s wearing a giant, green bicycle helmet on its head.
4 Those insects infected area palms, which infected native treehoppers.
5 Sullivan-Beckers needs help to find the treehoppers alive before any wasps can get to them.
6 When they traced the development of a treehopper, Gompel and Prud'homme found that the helmet started off as two separate buds of tissue on the back of the nymph and later fused.
7 A treehopper will lay her eggs on the underside of a nightshade leaf and then cover them with a thin secretion.
8 According to researchers, treehoppers suck on plant juices, sing to each other by vibrating plant stems, and are a vital food source for other forest creatures.
9 As their name suggests, treehoppers are capable of some amazing acrobatics.
10 She determined that nearby wasps were stinging the treehoppers, creating tunnels in the flowerbed and depositing them as food for the wasps’ offspring, which led to their discovery.
11 "The most unique aspect of vibrational communication in treehoppers is their use of vibrational signals in social interactions," Cocroft says.
12 These tiny sap-sucking insects secrete a sugary liquid the ants eat in return for taking care of the treehoppers.
13 “We found the treehopper years ago,” she said.
14 The specimen has features that appeared different from the other treehoppers collected.
15 The treehopper insect from Nicaragua, known as Kaikaia gaga, certainly brings to mind the singer's bizarre, colorful costumes.
16 See a small fiddler crab scuttling along a log; a skink's dark and half-closed eye; a tiny green buffalo treehopper clinging, upside-down, to a leaf; a Brazilian verbena flower so small that dozens could fit on a quarter.
17 “If there is going to be a Lady Gaga bug, it’s going to be a treehopper, because they’ve got these crazy horns, they have this wacky fashion sense about them,” Morris said in a statement.
18 Sullivan-Beckers went to investigate and the mother-daughter pair collected thousands of treehoppers over the summer, including 72 of the new species, according to the university.
19 “Usually, treehoppers live on plants and trees and grasses,” Sullivan-Beckers said.
20 Instead, the presence of the ants scares off predatory insects, in turn enabling treehoppers and other plant-munching insects to thrive and take a serious toll on plant growth.