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
- 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。 - 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 scientists in the United States centered their work on the parasite that causes Texas cattle fever.
美国科学家将工作重点放到了引起德克萨斯州牛发烧的寄生虫上。 - 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 lazy man was a parasite on his family.
那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。 - Plasmodium vivax, the worlds most common malaria parasite, now infects people previously considered to be resistant.
间日疟原虫是世上最常见的疟疾寄生虫，现在，这种寄生虫也会感染那些之前被认为抗疟疾病的人。 - Epidemics are a kind of disease which are caused by the parasite, and can spread among a population.
流行病是由寄生物所引起的，能在人群中相互传播的疾病。 - 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。 - 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。 - The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.
槲寄生是寄生于树上的植物。