infest
美音:
[(noun) ən´fest
]英音:
[(noun) ən´fest
]v.大批滋生
难易程度:
infest为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:infested 过去分词:infested 现在分词:infesting 第三人称单数:infests 名词:infestation
词根
fend=to strike(打击) 变化型 fest
相关词
infest
/ɪn'fest; ɪn`fɛst/
v [usu passive 通常用于被动语态
*Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (with sth) (derog 贬) (of pests, vermin, insects, etc) live in (a place) persistently and in large numbers (指有害的鸟兽昆虫等)大批孳生出没, 遍布, 侵扰(某处)
*a warehouse infested by rats 有大批老鼠出没的仓库
* clothing infested with lice 爬满虱子的衣服
* a garden infested with weeds 杂草丛生的花园.
infest
v [T usually passive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French;Origin: infester, from Latin, from infestus 'angry and unfriendly']
if insects, rats etc infest a place, there are a lot of them and they usually cause damage
be infested with sth
The kitchen was infested with cockroaches.
shark-infested/rat-infested etc
shark-infested waters
if things or people you do not want infest a place, there are too many of them
an area infested with holiday homes
>infestation [,ɪnfe'steɪʃən/