parasite

英 [ˈpærəsaɪt]

美 [ˈpærəsaɪt]

n.  寄生生物; 寄生虫; 寄生植物; 依赖他人过活者

复数：parasites　

考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8医学

Collins.1 / BNC.7277 / COCA.8481

牛津词典

noun

• 寄生生物；寄生虫；寄生植物
  a small animal or plant that lives on or inside another animal or plant and gets its food from it
• 寄生虫；依赖他人过活者
  a person who always relies on or benefits from other people and gives nothing back

柯林斯词典

• 寄生虫；寄生物
  Aparasiteis a small animal or plant that lives on or inside a larger animal or plant, and gets its food from it.
• 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 aparasite.

英英释义

noun

• an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant)
• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
  Synonym:leechspongesponger

双语例句

• Malaria is caused by a parasite spread through the bite of infected mosquitoes.
  疟疾由寄生虫引起，通过蚊虫叮咬传播的。
• The lazy man was a parasite on his family.
  那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。
• Epidemics are a kind of disease which are caused by the parasite, and can spread among a population.
  流行病是由寄生物所引起的，能在人群中相互传播的疾病。
• This meeting is the only international meeting that addresses the development of drugs to treat and prevent parasite infections.
  这次会议是唯一的一个国际会议，解决了一药物的发展，以治疗或预防寄生虫感染。
• The insect can carry a parasite that infects the central nervous system.
  其携带的寄生虫能感染中枢神经系统。
• Israeli researchers say they have developed a substance that attracts and kills mosquitoes infected with the malaria parasite.
  以色列研究人员称他们研制出了一种新的物质，能够吸引并消灭感染了疟原虫的蚊子。
• You said that parasite was changing him.
  你说那些寄生虫使他改变了。
• The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.
  槲寄生是寄生于树上的植物。
• The host of this parasite is the first domestic cats from the faeces of cats found in Toxoplasma gondii.
  这种寄生虫最初的寄主是家猫，可以从猫类的粪便中找到弓形虫。
• Winds and rain spread the parasite.
  风和雨都能传播寄生虫。