parasite

noun

/ˈpærəsaɪt/

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a small animal or plant that lives on or inside another animal or plant and gets its food from it
- fleas, lice and other parasites
- an intestinal parasite of cattle
Extra Examples
- These flies carry a dangerous parasite.
- Your contaminated fingers can transmit the parasite to many surfaces.
- the parasite that causes malaria
Topics Illnessc1, Biologyc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- common
- dangerous
- deadly
- …
verb + parasite
- carry
- have
- pick up
- …
parasite + verb
- infect somebody/something
- cause something
See full entry
(disapproving) a person who always relies on or benefits from other people and gives nothing back
- He regards students as parasites on society.

Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek parasitos ‘(person) eating at another's table’, from para- ‘alongside’ + sitos ‘food’.

单词	parasite
释义	parasite noun /ˈpærəsaɪt/ /ˈpærəsaɪt/ jump to other results a small animal or plant that lives on or inside another animal or plant and gets its food from it fleas, lice and other parasites an intestinal parasite of cattle Extra Examples These flies carry a dangerous parasite. Your contaminated fingers can transmit the parasite to many surfaces. the parasite that causes malaria Topics Illnessc1, Biologyc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective common dangerous deadly … verb + parasite carry have pick up … parasite + verb infect somebody/something cause something See full entry (disapproving) a person who always relies on or benefits from other people and gives nothing back He regards students as parasites on society. Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek parasitos ‘(person) eating at another's table’, from para- ‘alongside’ + sitos ‘food’.
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