[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; NAmEpest/noun1an 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。pestpestspest/pest; NAmEpest/
LDC
pestpest /pest/ ●○○ noun [countable]
Word Origin
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1a small animal or insect that destroys crops or food supplies → vermin: a chemical used in pest control2informal an annoying person, especially a child
WDF
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pests[742]
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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