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infest

音標[in'fest] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vt. 騷擾, 寄生於, 大批出沒
【醫】 傳染, 感染

詞型變化:

動詞過去式:infested 過去分詞:infested 現在分詞:infesting 第三人稱單數:infests 名詞:infestation 

英文解釋:

動詞 infest:

  1. invade in great numbers
    同義詞:overrun
  2. occupy in large numbers or live on a host
    同義詞:invade, overrun
  3. live on or in a host, as of parasites

例句:

  1. There is a warehouse infested by rats.
    那有一個大批老鼠出沒的倉庫。
  2. It's a garden infested with weeds.
    這是雜草叢生的花園。

詳細解釋:


in.fest

v.tr.(及物動詞)
in.fest.ed,in.fest.ing,in.fests
To inhabit or overrun in numbers large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious:
(害蟲、盜賊等)大批出沒於:大量地居住或出沒於,數量大到有害、有威脅性或有毒的程度
例句:
rats infesting the sewers; streets that were infested with drugs.
老鼠大量出沒於下水道;大街上 * 泛濫

To live as a parasite in or on tissues or organs or on the skin and its appendages:
寄生於:在組織內、器官上、皮膚上和體表器官上象寄生蟲一樣生存:
例句:
livestock that were infested with tapeworms.
寄生了大量絛蟲的動物

來源:
Middle English infesten [to distress]
中古英文 infesten [折磨]
from Old French infester
源自 古法文 infester
from Latin onfest3re
源自 拉丁語 onfest3re
from onfestus [hostile] * see g whedh-
源自 onfestus [敵意的] *參見 g whedh-

【引伸】
in.festa.tion
n.(名詞)
infest.er
n.(名詞)

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