Infest Infested Ed ɪnˈfest Place Infestation ˌɪnfeˈsteɪʃn Rats
To infest means to be present in large numbers in a place, often causing damage or disease, or to be filled with something undesirable. It can apply to pests like insects or rats, or to negative elements like crime.
[VERB 动词](昆虫、老鼠等)大批出没于，侵扰 When creatures such as insects or rats infest plants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage.
[V n]
...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops.
像蚜虫这样大肆侵害谷物的害虫
infested
The prison is infested with rats...
监狱里老鼠猖獗。
In less than seven days the infested plants had recovered.
不到7天时间，受虫害侵袭的植物就复原了。
-infested
...the rat-infested slums where the plague flourished.
瘟疫横行、鼠患猖獗的贫民窟
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The premises were treated for cockroach infestation...
因蟑螂成灾，这些房屋集中进行了灭蟑活动。
Parts of California are suffering from an infestation of oriental fruit flies.
加利福尼亚的部分地区正遭受东方果蝇的大肆侵袭。
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[VERB 动词]遍布于；充斥 If you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerous are infesting a place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place.
[V n]
[disapproval]
Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities.
市中心充斥着犯罪与毒品。
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The road further south was infested with bandits.
这条路再往南更远些的地方有很多土匪出没。
-infested
...the shark-infested waters of the Great Barrier Reef.
鲨鱼大量出没的大堡礁水域
Oxford
in·fest/ɪnˈfest; NAmEɪnˈfest/verb[usually passive ]infeststh (especially of insects or animals such as rats尤指昆虫或老鼠之类的动物)to exist in large numbers in a particular place, often causing damage or disease 大量滋生；大批出没于◆shark-infested waters鲨鱼成群的水域◆The kitchen was infested with ants.厨房里到处是蚂蚁。▶in·festa·tioninfestationinfestations/ˌɪnfeˈsteɪʃn; NAmEˌɪnfeˈsteɪʃn/noun[countable , uncountable ]◆an infestation of lice长满虱子infestinfestsinfestedinfestingin·fest/ɪnˈfest; NAmEɪnˈfest/in·festa·tion/ˌɪnfeˈsteɪʃn; NAmEˌɪnfeˈsteɪʃn/
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infestin‧fest /ɪnˈfest/ verb [transitive]
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1if insects, rats etc infest a place, there are a lot of them and they usually cause damagebe infested with something The kitchen was infested with cockroaches.shark-infested/rat-infested etc shark-infested waters2if a place is infested with things or people you do not want, there are too many of them therebe infested with something an area infested with holiday homesGRAMMARInfest is usually passive.—infestation /ˌɪnfeˈsteɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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infest
[ɪnˈfest]infested, infesting, infests
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infested[1066]
寄生于(40%)，侵扰(40%)，猖獗(20%)
vt.骚扰；寄生于；大批出没；大批滋生
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