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Pest Insect Noun N Count 可数名词 Small Crops Food

Pest (noun) refers to an insect or animal that damages crops or food, or informally, to a person, especially a child, who is annoying.

pest (noun): 1. An insect or small animal that damages crops or food. 2. An annoying person, especially a child.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]害虫;害兽 Pests are insects or small animals which damage crops or food supplies.
  • ...crops which are resistant to some of the major insect pests and diseases...

    对一些主要病虫害有抵御能力的作物

  • Each year ten percent of the crop is lost to a pest called corn rootworm.

    一种叫玉米根虫的害虫每年会让粮食减产10%。

  • ...new and innovative methods of pest control.

    防治虫害的创新办法

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]讨厌鬼(尤指儿童) You can describe someone, especially a child, as a pest if they keep bothering you.
  [disapproval]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • He climbed on the table, pulled my hair, and was generally a pest.

    他爬桌子,拽我的头发,总之是个讨厌鬼。


Oxford pest / pest ; NAmE pest / noun 1 an insect or animal that destroys plants, food, etc. 害虫;害兽;害鸟 pest control 害虫防治 insect/plant/garden pests 害虫;作物╱花园害虫 2 ( informal) an annoying person or thing 讨厌的人(或物) That child is being a real pest. 那个孩子真讨厌。 pest pests pest / pest ; NAmE pest /
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pestpest /pest/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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1a small animal or insect that destroys crops or food suppliesvermin:  a chemical used in pest control2informal an annoying person, especially a child
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害虫(93%),讨厌的人(7%)
n.害虫;有害之物;讨厌的人
n.(Pest)人名;(德、捷)佩斯特

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