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

• But parasite and toxin in the soil also can cause fatal influence to the human body.
  不过，泥土中的寄生虫和毒素也会对-人体产生致命影响。
• Parasite resistance to anti-malarial medicines and mosquito resistance to insecticides are major threats to achieving global malaria control.
  寄生虫对抗疟疾药品的耐药性和蚊虫对杀虫剂的抗药性是实现全球疟疾控制所面临的主要威胁。
• Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes.
  疟疾由一种叫作疟原虫的寄生虫引起，通过受感染蚊子的叮咬传播。
• Take your pet to the veterinarian for any needed shots and a parasite check.
  带你的宠物到兽医任何需要拍摄和寄生虫检查。
• Mosquitoes pick up the malaria parasite by sucking blood from an infected person.
  蚊子在从感染了疟疾的人身上吸血时吸入了寄生的疟原虫。
• The lazy man was a parasite on his family.
  那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。
• 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。
• You said that parasite was changing him.
  你说那些寄生虫使他改变了。
• The study is aimed at developing a new vaccine for the East Coast fever parasite.
  这项研究的目的是开发一个新的东海岸热寄生虫疫苗。
• The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.
  槲寄生是寄生于树上的植物。