| 释义 |
Noun: pest pest- A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- plague, pestilence, pestis - Any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- plague, pestilence - A persistently annoying person
- blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly - Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
"he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"
Derived forms: pests Type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, epidemic disease, fauna, persecutor, tormenter, tormentor Encyclopedia: Pest Pest, Hungary |