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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• You said that parasite was changing him.
  你说那些寄生虫使他改变了。
• Our research uncovered a critical pathway the parasite uses to survive the journey from one host cell to another.
  我们的研究揭示了一个重要的途径，寄生虫用一个幸存旅行从一个宿主细胞到另一个宿主细胞。
• Plowe and colleagues looked at a specific parasite protein, MSP-119, used in malaria vaccines.
  Plowe和他的同事研究了疟疾疫苗中使用的一种特殊蛋白MSP-119。
• 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。
• 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 lazy man was a parasite on his family.
  那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。