Word
exterminators
灭虫者；害虫防治员
exterminators is the plural of exterminator.
a person whose job is to kill pests such as insects and rodents
- 1.
Someone or something that exterminates.
消灭(某物)的人或事物。
- 2.
Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.
专门指以清除建筑物内昆虫及其他害虫为业的人。
消灭(某物)的人或事物。；专门指以清除建筑物内昆虫及其他害虫为业的人。；根除者；扑灭者；害虫驱除剂
In use
We called an exterminator to get rid of the ants in the kitchen.
The exterminator checked every room for termites before giving us a quote.
Our neighbor works as an exterminator and treats houses for rodents and insects.
call an exterminator
We called an exterminator to deal with the termites.
我们叫了灭虫员来处理白蚁。
work as an exterminator
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 + verb
Connections
Collocations
- call an exterminator
- 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。
- professional exterminator
- 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。
- exterminator service
- 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。
- pest exterminator
- 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。
- local exterminator
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 exterminator 里的 termin 像 terminate（终结）：终结害虫的人就是灭虫员。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.