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parasite n.寄生虫；寄生生物；食客 (1) 寄生虫的碎裂可能导致过敏反应。(2) 这些苍蝇携带一种危险的寄生虫。(3) 该寄生生物的宿主可以是任何鸟类。(4) 这样的结果将是一种持续的讯号，而一种被寄生生物附著在肢体上所产生的新的生长型态将应运而生。(5) 主人与食客结交并不一定会吃亏。 If you call someone a parasite, you are really hurling an insult! The Ancient Greeks used the word parasitos to describe someone who ate at your table but never invited you back. Some telling synonyms include leech," toady, sponge, and hanger-on." Nice, huh? Some crafty birds, such as the cowbird or cuckoo, are called social parasites, laying their eggs in other birds' nests and expecting those mamas to raise their young for them. Unfortunately, there are some people like that, too.

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英 ['pærəsaɪt] 美 ['pærəsaɪt] (1) Rupture of the parasite may result in anaphylaxis.(2) These flies carry a dangerous parasite.(3) The parasite's host could be any bird.(4) The result is a repeated signal, and a new limb forms in addition to the one to which the parasite attached itself.(5) The host is not always injured by association with a parasite. A creature that lives off another organism is a parasite. The parasite might not hurt the host, but it doesn't do anything to help it, either. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]寄生虫；寄生物 A parasite is a small animal or plant that lives on or inside a larger animal or plant, and gets its food from it. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]不劳而获者；寄生虫 If you disapprove of someone because you think that they get money or other things from other people but do not do anything in return, you can call them a parasite .   [disapproval]

英语单词	parasite
英美音标	英 ['pærəsaɪt] 美 ['pærəsaɪt]
中文释义	n.寄生虫；寄生生物；食客
英语例句	(1) Rupture of the parasite may result in anaphylaxis. (2) These flies carry a dangerous parasite. (3) The parasite's host could be any bird. (4) The result is a repeated signal, and a new limb forms in addition to the one to which the parasite attached itself. (5) The host is not always injured by association with a parasite.
中文例句	(1) 寄生虫的碎裂可能导致过敏反应。 (2) 这些苍蝇携带一种危险的寄生虫。 (3) 该寄生生物的宿主可以是任何鸟类。 (4) 这样的结果将是一种持续的讯号，而一种被寄生生物附著在肢体上所产生的新的生长型态将应运而生。 (5) 主人与食客结交并不一定会吃亏。
vocabulary简明	A creature that lives off another organism is a parasite. The parasite might not hurt the host, but it doesn't do anything to help it, either.
vocabulary扩展	If you call someone a parasite, you are really hurling an insult! The Ancient Greeks used the word parasitos to describe someone who ate at your table but never invited you back. Some telling synonyms include leech," toady, sponge, and hanger-on." Nice, huh? Some crafty birds, such as the cowbird or cuckoo, are called social parasites, laying their eggs in other birds' nests and expecting those mamas to raise their young for them. Unfortunately, there are some people like that, too.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]寄生虫；寄生物 A parasite is a small animal or plant that lives on or inside a larger animal or plant, and gets its food from it. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]不劳而获者；寄生虫 If you disapprove of someone because you think that they get money or other things from other people but do not do anything in return, you can call them a parasite . [disapproval]

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