katydid 的詞源
katydid(n.)
1784年，美國英語中一種大型綠色蝗蟲的通俗名稱，模仿雄性振動翅膀時發出的刺耳聲音。在美國東部，是夏夜中熟悉的聲音； 1751年，這種聲音被更準確地記錄爲 catedidist。
[T]heir noise is loud and incessant, one perpetually and regularly answering the other in notes exactly similar to the words Katy did, or Katy Katy did, repeated by one, and another immediately bawls out Katy didn't, or Katy Katy didn't. In this loud clamour they continue without ceasing until the fall of the leaf, when they totally disappear. [J.F.D. Smyth, "A Tour in the United States of America," 1784]
“它們的聲音響亮而持續，一個不斷地回答另一個，發出完全相似的 Katy did 或 Katy Katy did，一個人重複，另一個人立即大喊 Katy didn't 或 Katy Katy didn't。在這種響亮的喧鬧聲中，它們持續不斷，直到落葉時節，它們就會完全消失。”[J.F.D. Smyth，“美國之旅”，1784年]
katydid 的趨勢
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