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

• 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。
• 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。
• Pest infestation also easily occurs, mainly rice weevil and corn weevil, etc.
  害虫感染也易发生，主要感染的害虫有米象和玉米象等。
• 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。
• Objective To collect data on from previous practices for sustainable rodent control and monitoring of potential rodent infestation.
  目的总结、评价灭鼠效果、经验和教训，为持续巩固灭鼠成果及鼠情反弹监控提供科学依据。
• 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。
• Mass treatment with ivermectin may reduce the incidence of head lice infestation and associated morbidity in resource-poor communities.
  利用伊维菌素进行集体治疗，可能降低贫穷社区内头虱症感染的发生率以及头虱症导致的死亡率。
• Mainland provincial quarantine authorities were put on alert two months ago about the ant infestation.
  内地的检疫部门两个月前留意到（火）大批出没/生蚁患。
• The infestation of avocado root rot disease is not visually detectable.
  鳄梨树根腐病的感染用视觉是无法探测出来的。
• Cases of human infestation with this parasite are relatively rare.
  这种寄生虫寄生人体的例子是比较罕见的。