infest

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vt. 骚扰, 寄生于, 大批出没 [医] 传染, 感染

发音

其它 /ɪnˈfɛst/

词形变化

infested infesteth infesting infests 三单 infests infesting 现在分词 infested 过去式 infested 过去分词 more infest 比较级 most infest 最高级

教材释义与例句

动词

骚扰；寄生于；大批出没；大批滋生

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Hostility.

    废旧 不可数

    1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book II, Canto Eleven, Stanza 32, Hackett, 2006, p. 191, Like as a fire, the which in hollow cave Hath long bene underkept, and down supprest, With murmurous disdayne doth inly rave, And grudge, in so streight prison to be prest, At last breakes forth with furious infest, And strives to mount unto his native seat […]

v.
  1. 1.

    To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.

    及物

    Insects are infesting my basement!

  2. 2.

    To invade a host plant or animal.

    医学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

invade overrun

上位词 3

invade occupy inhabit

词源

From Middle English infesten, from Old French infester (“to infest”), from Latin īnfestō (“assail, molest”, verb), from īnfestus (“hostile”), from in + *-festus (“probably seized, handled”).

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