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

• Brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems.
  颜色鲜艳的甲虫，以植物的叶子为食；幼虫在树根和树干上滋生。
• 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 bacteria infest the bone marrow, lymph glands, vital organs and the central nervous system.
  细菌大批出没于骨头髓，淋巴腺，重要的器官和中央的神经系统。
• The overuse of drugs against parasitic worms which infest stock animals means that these, too, are becoming drug-resistant.
  人们对家畜身上的寄生虫过分使用药物，这让它们也有了抗药性。
• First, the German cockroach has a larger number of eggs per capsule than the other species that infest structures.
  首先，德国小蠊在生殖结构上，它的每个卵荚含有的卵比其它物种要多得多。
• 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。
• No one wanted to accidentally infest the world with a deadly virus!
  没有人希望出现意外，用一种致命的病毒侵扰全世界！
• For this reason, the life of man of practice and the life of the man in the infest society is totally different worlds.
  所以修行人及一般人必定是泾渭分明的两个世界。
• 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。
• 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。