| 单词 | parasite |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['pærəsait] |
| 解释 | n.食客；寄生物 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 寄生虫,食客(a person who exploits the hospitality of the rich and earns welcome by flattery; sycophant) 【考】 bacteria : medium / parasite : host(细菌生长在环境中/ 寄生虫生长在寄生主 体中) 【记】 para(旁边)＋site(坐 )→坐在旁边的人→食客 【同】 派生词: parasitic (adj. 寄生的) 【例】 Susan's brother had become a real parasite and did nothing to share the cost of food or rent. |
| 字源 | parasite (n.) 1530s, "a hanger-on, a toady, person who lives on others," from Middle French parasite (16c.) or directly from Latin parasitus "toady, sponger," and directly from Greek parasitos "one who lives at another's expense, person who eats at the table of another," from noun use of an adjective meaning "feeding beside," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + sitos "food," of unknown origin. Scientific meaning "animal or plant that lives on others" is first recorded 1640s (implied in parasitical). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 寄生虫(在另一有机体上生长并以该有机体维持生存, 但对宿主毫无益处), 食客(趋炎附势者) 【记】para旁边, site坐－坐在旁边的人－食客寄生虫 【类】bacteria: medium = parasite: host细菌生长在培养基中 = 寄生虫生长在寄主中 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】para 旁 ＋ sit 坐 →坐在旁边的人→食客 |
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