infest
英 [?n'fest]
美 [?n'f?st]
助記提示
pest害蟲。
infest害蟲大批出沒于,侵擾。
in在里面,fest即pest害蟲。
lamp油燈。
lambent火焰輕輕搖曳的。
hack劈砍。
haggle亂砍,亂劈。
ck變成g,-le動詞尾,表示反復。
中文詞源
infest 大量滋生in-,不，非，-fest,擊，打，抓住，詞源同defend,manifest.其原義為抓不住的，控制不住的，引申詞義騷擾，麻煩，大量滋生。詞義演變比較opportune.
英文詞源
- infest (v.)
- late 15c., "to attack, assail, hurt, distress, annoy," from Middle French infester, from Latin infestare "to attack, disturb, trouble," from infestus "hostile, dangerous," originally "inexorable, not able to be handled," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + -festus "(able to be) seized." Sense of "swarm over in large numbers" first recorded c. 1600. Related: Infested; infesting.
雙語例句
- 1. Several animals in sea water can infest wood.
- 海水中有好多動物能侵害木材.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Vermin infest their youth, and fortunes must be spent for curative powders.
- 害蟲侵擾他們的青春和財富必須為治療粉花.
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- 3. Watch out for fleas and ticks that may infest your pet.
- 密切注意是否有跳蚤在寵物身上.溫熱的天氣給跳蚤提供了很好的生存環(huán)境.
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- 4. Mosquitoes and insects infest the damp area.
- 潮濕之地蚊蟲孳生.
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- 5. Pubic lice infest only pubic hair.
- 陰虱僅寄生于陰毛.
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