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
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
双语例句
- The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.
槲寄生是寄生于树上的植物。 - People become infected when they are bitten by mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite.
当人们被携带疟疾寄生虫的蚊子叮咬就会被传染。 - The host of this parasite is the first domestic cats from the faeces of cats found in Toxoplasma gondii.
这种寄生虫最初的寄主是家猫，可以从猫类的粪便中找到弓形虫。 - The kind of people live as a parasite on society.
这类人像寄生虫似的靠社会为生。 - The animals become infected when they get bitten by ticks carrying the parasite that causes the disease.
当牛被携带了可以导致该疾病的寄生虫的蜱虫叮咬后就会感染。 - Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that can infect aves 、 mammal and human beings.
弓形虫是一种全球性分布的寄生原虫，可感染鸟类、哺乳动物和人。 - 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。 - Malaria is caused by a parasite spread through the bite of infected mosquitoes.
疟疾由寄生虫引起，通过蚊虫叮咬传播的。 - Israeli researchers say they have developed a substance that attracts and kills mosquitoes infected with the malaria parasite.
以色列研究人员称他们研制出了一种新的物质，能够吸引并消灭感染了疟原虫的蚊子。 - One of the ways the parasite spreads is through fecal matter.
寄生虫传播的一种方式是通过排泄物。