cicada
pronunciation
How to pronounce cicada in British English:
UK [sɪˈkɑːdə]
How to pronounce cicada in American English:
US [sɪˈkeɪdə]
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- Noun:
- stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
Word Origin
- cicada (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin cicada "cicada, tree cricket," not a native Latin word; perhaps a loan-word from a lost Mediterranean language.
Example
- 1. The childhood cicada always dueted with it .
- 2. One of the recent finds , this cicada , is still in the process of being named and described .
- 3. Shanghai - in the final moments of a recent performance of " the peony pavilion " here a large cicada dropped onto the outdoor stage and buzzed around on its back threatening to invade the long silk robes of the two star performers .
- 4. He and a friend made an annual trip to ningbo where there was a good cicada trapping field .
- 5. The sun of autumn warms the alae of the cicada , but not its anima .