infestation

英 [ˌɪnfɛsˈteɪʃən]

美 [ɪnˈfɛˈsteɪʃən]

n.  骚扰，侵袭，扰害，横行；（盗贼、鼠、虫等的）成群出现

复数：infestations　

医学

BNC.22880 / COCA.16718

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

noun

• a swarm of insects that attack plants
  1. a plague of grasshoppers
  Synonym:plague
• the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites

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