1530s, "a hanger-on, a toady, person who lives on others," from Middle French parasite (16c.) or directly from Latin parasitus "toady, sponger," and directly from Greek parasitos "one who lives at another's expense, person who eats at the table of another," from noun use of an adjective meaning "feeding beside," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + sitos "food," of unknown origin. Scientific meaning "animal or plant that lives on others" is first recorded 1640s (implied in parasitical).
雙語例句
1. One of the ways the parasite spreads is through fecal matter.
寄生蟲傳播的一種方式是通過排泄物。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The lazy man was a parasite on his family.
那懶漢是家里的寄生蟲.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.
槲寄生是寄生于樹上的植物.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. I don't want to be a parasite. I must earn my own way in life.
我不想做寄生蟲, 我要自己養活自己.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. There are two kinds of drags, parasite drag and induced drag.