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

• Several animals in sea water can infest wood.
  海水中有好多动物能侵害木材。
• For this reason, the life of man of practice and the life of the man in the infest society is totally different worlds.
  所以修行人及一般人必定是泾渭分明的两个世界。
• 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。
• 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。
• Buzzing insects will infest all your trees and the crops of your soil.
  害虫要吃尽你所有的树木和土地的出产。
• Brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems.
  颜色鲜艳的甲虫，以植物的叶子为食；幼虫在树根和树干上滋生。
• 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。
• At last, the paper also points out the enterprises 'alone price competitions will change to the competitions of stratagem alliance and industry infest chain, predicating the competition change from low level to high level.
  最后指出企业间单枪匹马的价格竞争要向战略联盟间和产业群居链间竞争、服务品牌与差异化竞争转变，即从低层次的竞争向高层次上的竞争转变。
• No one wanted to accidentally infest the world with a deadly virus!
  没有人希望出现意外，用一种致命的病毒侵扰全世界！
• 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。