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call an exterminator
We called an exterminator to deal with the termites.
我们叫了灭虫员来处理白蚁。
灭虫者；害虫防治员
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灭虫者；害虫防治员
a person whose job is to kill pests such as insects and rodents
We called an exterminator to deal with the termites.
我们叫了灭虫员来处理白蚁。
消灭(某物)的人或事物。
Someone or something that exterminates.
专门指以清除建筑物内昆虫及其他害虫为业的人。
Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.
We called an exterminator to get rid of the ants in the kitchen.
我们叫了灭虫员来清除厨房里的蚂蚁。
The exterminator checked every room for termites before giving us a quote.
灭虫员在给我们报价前检查了每个房间是否有白蚁。
Our neighbor works as an exterminator and treats houses for rodents and insects.
我们的邻居是一名灭虫员，负责处理房屋里的啮齿动物和昆虫。
We called an exterminator to deal with the termites.
我们叫了灭虫员来处理白蚁。
exterminator 通常指以灭鼠、灭虫为职业的人，而不是指杀虫剂。
She works as an exterminator for a local pest control company.
她在一家本地害虫防治公司当灭虫员。
The exterminator sprayed the kitchen and removed the nest.
灭虫员在厨房喷了药，并清除了那个巢穴。
Not this
I had to call an exterminate to get rid of the ants.
Use this
I had to call an exterminator to get rid of the ants.
exterminate 是动词，表示“消灭、根除”；要表达“害虫防治员”这个职业，应使用以 -or 结尾的施动者名词 exterminator。这里需要的是名词作 call 的宾语。
Not this
The exterminator of the cockroaches took three hours.
Use this
The extermination of the cockroaches took three hours.
exterminator 指“灭虫的人”（施动者），不是“灭虫这件事”；表示“扑灭、根除”这一行为或过程，要用名词 extermination。
Not this
We need exterminator because there are rats in the basement.
Use this
We need an exterminator because there are rats in the basement.
exterminator 是可数名词的单数形式，作宾语时需要限定词；这里泛指需要一名灭虫员，所以要在前面加不定冠词 an。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
打电话请灭虫员
We had to call an exterminator when we found mice in the kitchen.
当我们在厨房里发现老鼠时，不得不打电话请灭虫员。
专业灭虫员
A professional exterminator knows how to deal with different kinds of pests.
专业灭虫员知道如何处理不同种类的害虫。
灭虫服务
The apartment building pays for exterminator service every month.
这栋公寓楼每月支付灭虫服务费用。
害虫防治员
The pest exterminator sprayed the whole house.
害虫防治员给整个房子喷了药。
本地灭虫员
Our local exterminator is very busy during the summer.
我们当地的灭虫员夏天特别忙。
灭虫公司
They hired an exterminator company to get rid of the termites.
他们雇了一家灭虫公司来消灭白蚁。
你是一只蟑螂，而我们才是灭虫者。
We had to call an exterminator because the kitchen was full of cockroaches.
我们不得不打电话叫灭虫专家，因为厨房里到处都是蟑螂。
Use exterminator naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记 exterminator 里的 termin 像 terminate（终结）：终结害虫的人就是灭虫员。
语域：neutral 常见场景：pest control、home services、professional extermination exterminator 通常指以灭鼠、灭虫等为职业的人，属于中性常用词，在日常口语和一般书面语中都很常见；在更正式的场合，也可能改用 pest control operator 或 pest control technician。
Terminator rhymes with the target (the stressed vowel and the following /-məneɪtə/ ending match). Alligator, calculator, investigator, narrator, and translator are lookalikes: they share the final spelling -ator and the unstressed /-eɪtə/ suffix, but their stressed vowels differ, so they are not true rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.