infest
英 [?n'fest]
美 [?n'f?st]
- vt. 騷擾；寄生于；大批出沒(méi)；大批滋生
助記提示
pest害蟲(chóng)。
infest害蟲(chóng)大批出沒(méi)于,侵?jǐn)_。
in在里面,fest即pest害蟲(chóng)。
lamp油燈。
lambent火焰輕輕搖曳的。
hack劈砍。
haggle亂砍,亂劈。
ck變成g,-le動(dòng)詞尾,表示反復(fù)。
中文詞源
infest 大量滋生in-,不，非，-fest,擊，打，抓住，詞源同defend,manifest.其原義為抓不住的，控制不住的，引申詞義騷擾，麻煩，大量滋生。詞義演變比較opportune.
英文詞源
- infest (v.)
- late 15c., "to attack, assail, hurt, distress, annoy," from Middle French infester, from Latin infestare "to attack, disturb, trouble," from infestus "hostile, dangerous," originally "inexorable, not able to be handled," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + -festus "(able to be) seized." Sense of "swarm over in large numbers" first recorded c. 1600. Related: Infested; infesting.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Several animals in sea water can infest wood.
- 海水中有好多動(dòng)物能侵害木材.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. Vermin infest their youth, and fortunes must be spent for curative powders.
- 害蟲(chóng)侵?jǐn)_他們的青春和財(cái)富必須為治療粉花.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. Watch out for fleas and ticks that may infest your pet.
- 密切注意是否有跳蚤在寵物身上.溫?zé)岬奶鞖饨o跳蚤提供了很好的生存環(huán)境.
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- 4. Mosquitoes and insects infest the damp area.
- 潮濕之地蚊蟲(chóng)孳生.
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- 5. Pubic lice infest only pubic hair.
- 陰虱僅寄生于陰毛.
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