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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This articles discusses the treatment and stabilization of the weathered infest side slope in karst area of Jiu Xiang resort in Kunming, by using high-rate plants ( such as Vetiver) as plant fence.
  应用（改良）香根草等高植物篱技术治理与稳固昆明九乡喀斯特（岩溶）地区石漠化病害边坡。
• 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。
• The vermin that infest the crops.
  大肆侵犯作物的害虫。
• "Easyjetsetters" infest clubs and bars at weekends.
  周末里“”出没于俱乐部和酒吧。
• 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。
• The most high infest rate of VAM to root tip is the meiosis zone, VAM can induce root primordium here, VAM also can infect the root cap.
  VAM对根尖的侵染率差异以分生区最显著，并可诱导形成根原基；VAM可侵染根冠。