parasite
英 [ˈpærəsaɪt]
美 [ˈpærəsaɪt]
n. 寄生生物; 寄生虫; 寄生植物; 依赖他人过活者
复数：parasites
Collins.1 / BNC.7277 / COCA.8481
牛津词典
noun
- 寄生生物；寄生虫；寄生植物
a small animal or plant that lives on or inside another animal or plant and gets its food from it - 寄生虫；依赖他人过活者
a person who always relies on or benefits from other people and gives nothing back
柯林斯词典
- 寄生虫；寄生物
Aparasiteis a small animal or plant that lives on or inside a larger animal or plant, and gets its food from it. - 不劳而获者；寄生虫
If you disapprove of someone because you think that they get money or other things from other people but do not do anything in return, you can call them aparasite.
英英释义
noun
- an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant)
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
双语例句
- Chinese scientists have identified a group of proteins that may help the schistosomiasis parasite survive host attacks.
中国科学家鉴定出了一组血吸虫蛋白质，它们能帮助这种寄生虫逃避宿主的免疫攻击。 - You said that parasite was changing him.
你说那些寄生虫使他改变了。 - Israeli researchers say they have developed a substance that attracts and kills mosquitoes infected with the malaria parasite.
以色列研究人员称他们研制出了一种新的物质，能够吸引并消灭感染了疟原虫的蚊子。 - People become infected when they are bitten by mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite.
当人们被携带疟疾寄生虫的蚊子叮咬就会被传染。 - The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.
槲寄生是寄生于树上的植物。 - The insect can carry a parasite that infects the central nervous system.
其携带的寄生虫能感染中枢神经系统。 - The host of this parasite is the first domestic cats from the faeces of cats found in Toxoplasma gondii.
这种寄生虫最初的寄主是家猫，可以从猫类的粪便中找到弓形虫。 - After feeding, they pass a parasite called trypanosoma cruzi in their faeces.
吸血后，它们将一种叫作克氏锥虫的寄生虫排到其粪便中。 - The lazy man was a parasite on his family.
那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。 - Epidemics are a kind of disease which are caused by the parasite, and can spread among a population.
流行病是由寄生物所引起的，能在人群中相互传播的疾病。