parasite
英 ['p?r?sa?t]
美['p?r?sa?t]
- n. 寄生蟲(chóng)；食客
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?parasites;
助記提示
1. 在身體里并排在旁邊.
中文詞源
parasite 寄生蟲(chóng)
來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)parasitos,坐在別人旁邊吃飯的，吃剩飯的，來(lái)自para-,在旁，在周?chē)?，sitos,食物，詞源同sitophobia.引申詞義寄生蟲(chóng)。
英文詞源
- parasite (n.)
- 1530s, "a hanger-on, a toady, person who lives on others," from Middle French parasite (16c.) or directly from Latin parasitus "toady, sponger," and directly from Greek parasitos "one who lives at another's expense, person who eats at the table of another," from noun use of an adjective meaning "feeding beside," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + sitos "food," of unknown origin. Scientific meaning "animal or plant that lives on others" is first recorded 1640s (implied in parasitical).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. One of the ways the parasite spreads is through fecal matter.
- 寄生蟲(chóng)傳播的一種方式是通過(guò)排泄物。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The lazy man was a parasite on his family.
- 那懶漢是家里的寄生蟲(chóng).
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.
- 槲寄生是寄生于樹(shù)上的植物.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. I don't want to be a parasite. I must earn my own way in life.
- 我不想做寄生蟲(chóng), 我要自己養(yǎng)活自己.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. There are two kinds of drags, parasite drag and induced drag.
- 阻力有兩種:寄生阻力和誘導(dǎo)阻力.
來(lái)自辭典例句