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
- 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。 - You said that parasite was changing him.
你说那些寄生虫使他改变了。 - The scientists in the United States centered their work on the parasite that causes Texas cattle fever.
美国科学家将工作重点放到了引起德克萨斯州牛发烧的寄生虫上。 - Our research uncovered a critical pathway the parasite uses to survive the journey from one host cell to another.
我们的研究揭示了一个重要的途径，寄生虫用一个幸存旅行从一个宿主细胞到另一个宿主细胞。 - Previous studies of interactions between parasitic worms and the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have come to varying conclusions.
此前关于寄生虫和恶性疟原虫之间相互作用的研究得出了迥异的结果。 - 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。 - One of the ways the parasite spreads is through fecal matter.
寄生虫传播的一种方式是通过排泄物。 - Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that can infect aves 、 mammal and human beings.
弓形虫是一种全球性分布的寄生原虫，可感染鸟类、哺乳动物和人。 - 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。 - This meeting is the only international meeting that addresses the development of drugs to treat and prevent parasite infections.
这次会议是唯一的一个国际会议，解决了一药物的发展，以治疗或预防寄生虫感染。