infestation

英 [ˌɪnfɛsˈteɪʃən]

美 [ɪnˈfɛˈsteɪʃən]

n.  骚扰，侵袭，扰害，横行；（盗贼、鼠、虫等的）成群出现

复数：infestations　

医学

BNC.22880 / COCA.16718

柯林斯词典

• VERB (昆虫、老鼠等)大批出没于,侵扰
  When creatures such as insects or ratsinfestplants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage.
  1. ...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops.
     像蚜虫这样大肆侵害谷物的害虫
• VERB 遍布于;充斥
  If you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerousare infestinga place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place.
  1. Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities.
     市中心充斥着犯罪与毒品。

英英释义

noun

• a swarm of insects that attack plants
  1. a plague of grasshoppers
  Synonym:plague
• the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites

双语例句

• I didn't know when I was siting it that I had a thrips infestation nearby.
  我不知道什么时候我认为我的选址有蓟马虫害附近。
• Natural causes include drought, flooding, unfavourable weather conditions, plant disease, and insect infestation.
  天然原因包括干旱、洪水泛滥、天候异常、虫害和植物疾病等。
• Infestation or infection with trematodes, often caused by ingestion of inadequately cooked food.
  吸虫吸虫的侵扰或感染，通常由吃没有煮熟的食物引起。
• It contains genes that allow it to resist infestation by the corn borer.
  这种玉米中含有能够抵御玉米螟的基因。
• In these species the lesions caused by lice and mite infestation may, in part, be allergic in nature.
  这些动物在虱和螨的侵袭下引起的病变，部分是过敏性质的。
• Bacteria may invade a plant through an infestation of insect parasites carrying the pathogen. a plant can also be inoculated by man.
  细菌可通过带菌的寄生昆虫的蔓延而侵染植物。植物也可能受人的感染。
• Professional pest management services allow you to relax, secure in the knowledge that you are protecting your home, family or business from termite infestation and the presence of unhealthy pests.
  专业害虫管理服务可给你轻松、在害虫知识中确保你的家庭或者商业避免有白蚁大批出没和对健康有害的害虫。
• He set out to fight the drug infestation of Omaha by reclaiming a youth from the local gangs.
  他从挽救当地帮派的一个年轻人入手着力消除奥马哈的毒品泛滥问题。
• Heavy infestation can result in severe gill damage, emaciation, anemia and death.
  沉重的感染可导致严重的鳃的损害，消瘦，贫血和死亡。
• A disease resulting from parasitic infestation.
  寄生物病，寄生虫病由寄生物感染引起的病变。