英语词汇“infest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

The verb infest means to invade in large number, often resisting control and causing damage or hardship. Bedbugs can infest people's belongings and even their bodies, or mice may infest your kitchen if you leave the cheese out too often.

Infest comes from Latin: in- means "not" and festus means "able to be seized." So infest describes something is not able to be seized, typically because it's present in such large numbers. For example, mosquitoes may infest your backyard during the summer and annoy you when you're trying to relax. Infest is usually used to describe pests, such as bugs or rodents, that overrun something in such large number that they are difficult to control.

WORD FAMILY

infest: disinfest, infestation, infested, infesting, infests+/infestation: disinfestation, infestations

USAGE EXAMPLES

When he was 7, Mr. Rodriques’s house got infested with German cockroaches, the common household scourge.

New York Times(Dec 29, 2016)

Their apartment became infested with mice, she said, and they couldn’t afford traps.

Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016)

Additionally, the researchers call for close monitoring of invasive Asian carp, which might out-compete native fish species if they infest the Great Lakes.

Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016)

1v occupy in large numbers or live on a host

the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North

Syn|Hyper

invade, overrun

inhabit

be present in

2v invade in great numbers

the roaches infested our kitchen

Syn|Hyper

overrun

invade, occupy

march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

3v live on or in a host, as of parasites

Hyper

inhabit

be present in

单词	infest
释义	infest (once / 1504 pages) v The verb infest means to invade in large number, often resisting control and causing damage or hardship. Bedbugs can infest people's belongings and even their bodies, or mice may infest your kitchen if you leave the cheese out too often. Infest comes from Latin: in- means "not" and festus means "able to be seized." So infest describes something is not able to be seized, typically because it's present in such large numbers. For example, mosquitoes may infest your backyard during the summer and annoy you when you're trying to relax. Infest is usually used to describe pests, such as bugs or rodents, that overrun something in such large number that they are difficult to control. WORD FAMILY infest: disinfest, infestation, infested, infesting, infests+/infestation: disinfestation, infestations USAGE EXAMPLES When he was 7, Mr. Rodriques’s house got infested with German cockroaches, the common household scourge. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Their apartment became infested with mice, she said, and they couldn’t afford traps. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) Additionally, the researchers call for close monitoring of invasive Asian carp, which might out-compete native fish species if they infest the Great Lakes. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) 1v occupy in large numbers or live on a host the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North Syn\|Hyper invade, overrun inhabit be present in 2v invade in great numbers the roaches infested our kitchen Syn\|Hyper overrun invade, occupy march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation 3v live on or in a host, as of parasites Hyper inhabit be present in
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