infest

英 [ɪnˈfest]

美 [ɪnˈfest]

v.  大量滋生; 大批出没于

过去分词：infested　过去式：infested　现在分词：infesting　第三人称单数：infests　

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牛津词典

verb

• 大量滋生；大批出没于
  to exist in large numbers in a particular place, often causing damage or disease
  1. shark-infested waters
     鲨鱼成群的水域
  2. The kitchen was infested with ants.
     厨房里到处是蚂蚁。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (昆虫、老鼠等)大批出没于,侵扰
  When creatures such as insects or ratsinfestplants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage.
  1. ...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops.
     像蚜虫这样大肆侵害谷物的害虫
• VERB 遍布于;充斥
  If you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerousare infestinga place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place.
  1. Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities.
     市中心充斥着犯罪与毒品。

英英释义

verb

• invade in great numbers
  1. the roaches infested our kitchen
  Synonym:overrun
• live on or in a host, as of parasites
• occupy in large numbers or live on a host
  1. the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North
  Synonym:invadeoverrun

双语例句

• The vermin that infest the crops.
  大肆侵犯作物的害虫。
• The overuse of drugs against parasitic worms which infest stock animals means that these, too, are becoming drug-resistant.
  人们对家畜身上的寄生虫过分使用药物，这让它们也有了抗药性。
• Since caterpillars have evolved to neutralize these chemicals, they are able to infest over one-hundred toxin-producing plant species across the United States.
  而毛毛虫进化得足以抵御这些化学物质，足以自如应对全美上百种有毒植物。
• The bacteria infest the bone marrow, lymph glands, vital organs and the central nervous system.
  细菌大批出没于骨头髓，淋巴腺，重要的器官和中央的神经系统。
• Exploring the evolutionary laws and emergent behaviors of population within its evolutionary process in virtual environment, some simple ecological and evolutionary mechanisms in nature such as competition, cooperation, infest, and depopulation etc.
  计算和考察了虚拟环境中生物在进化过程中的演变规律和涌现特征，模拟和解释了一些简单的生态行为和进化规律，如竞争、协作进化、群居、物种灭绝等现象。
• Ecological Study of the Mortality of Colorectal Cancer during Different Periods after Schistosomiasis Was Primarily Eliminated; Such substances are mainly used to control pests that infest cultivated plants and crops or to eliminate disease-carrying insects in specific areas.
  基本消灭血吸虫病后不同时期的结肠、直肠癌死亡情况的生态学研究主要用于控制侵扰作物的害虫或者在特定地区消灭传染疾病的昆虫。
• A lame cat is better than a swift horse when rats infest the palace.
  宫殿有鼠患，瘸猫比快马强。
• Any of various small or minute arachnids of the order Acarina that are often parasitic on animals and plants, infest stored food products, and in some species transmit disease.
  蜱螨目的任何一种小的乃至微小的蜘蛛纲动物，通常寄生于动植物体内，也寄生在储藏食物中，有些种还传播疾病。
• The pest is known to infest cucurbits, and Panama is a major producer and exporter of cucurbits.
  这种害虫能够侵染瓜类是众所周知的，巴拿马是一个主要的瓜类生产商和出口商地方。
• If they infest the grapevines, even pesticides are often no use.
  如果它们大批滋生在葡萄藤上，甚至农药也常常没有了效用。