infest

verb · adjective · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

infests

V_ing/Gerund

infesting

V_ed/pp

infested

1.
(transitive)To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.
Insects are infesting my basement!
2.
(pathology, of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more infest

Superlative

most infest

1.
(obsolete)Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.

Danh từ

noun

1.
(obsolete, uncountable)Hostility.
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book II, Canto Eleven, Stanza 32, Hackett, 2006, p. 191, Like as a fire, the which in hollow cave Hath long bene underkept, and down supprest, With murmurous disdayne doth inly rave, And grudge, in so streight prison to be prest, At last breakes forth with furious infest, And strives to mount unto his native seat […]

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

beride plagueberide, plague

Cùng gốc / liên quan

disinfestinfestiveinfestmentpreinfestreinfest infestationinfestuous

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English infesten, from Old French infester (to infest), from Latin īnfestō (assail, molest), from īnfestus (hostile), of uncertain origin.