Word · Frequency #18990
infesting
大批出没；侵扰
infesting is the present participle of infest.
to invade in great numbers
- 1.
To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.
大量令人不快地栖息于某处；侵扰、骚扰。
- 2.
To invade a host plant or animal.
侵入宿主植物或动物。
寄生；寄生于；大量令人不快地栖息于某处；侵扰、骚扰。；侵入宿主植物或动物。；骚扰；寄生于
In use
Rats have infested the old warehouse, so we need to call pest control.
The campsite was infested with mosquitoes, making it impossible to sleep outside.
These apple trees are infested with aphids, so the farmer is spraying them today.
infest sth
主动语态，主语是害虫、老鼠等有害生物，宾语是受侵害的地点或生物体。
Mice infest the kitchen.
老鼠大批出没于厨房。
be infested with sth
被动语态 be infested with 是描述某地或某生物受到侵扰的常见结构，with 后接有害生物。
The beach was infested with jellyfish.
海滩被水母侵扰。
Verb forms
base infest · third person infests · -ing infesting · past infested · past participle infested
infest 指害虫、寄生虫等大批出没或寄生，常含贬义。
Connections
Collocations
- be infested with
- 被（老鼠、害虫等）大批侵扰；到处都是
- The kitchen was infested with ants after the flood.洪水过后，厨房里到处都是蚂蚁。
- heavily infested
- （害虫等）严重泛滥的；重度受侵扰的
- The campsite was heavily infested with mosquitoes, so we slept in the car.这个营地蚊虫猖獗，所以我们睡在车里。
- rat-infested
- 鼠患严重的；老鼠成灾的
- The inspectors shut down the rat-infested restaurant.检查人员查封了那间鼠患严重的餐馆。
- infest an area
- 大批出没于某地；在某地泛滥
- Locusts infest the region every few years.蝗虫每隔几年就会在这个地区泛滥一次。
- infest a host
- 寄生于宿主
- Tapeworms infest the intestines of infected animals.绦虫寄生在受感染动物的肠道里。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 in + fest（节日）：害虫像过节一样成群涌来，侵扰寄生。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：新闻报道、科普文章中描述鼠害、虫害等大量侵扰、医学或生物学中描述寄生虫寄生于宿主 这个词比较正式，通常用于书面语或学术语境，日常口语中较少直接使用。指害虫等大批出没时多译为“侵扰”，指寄生虫寄居时多译为“寄生”，整体语气偏正式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以下单词与 infest 的结尾发音相同（/ɛst/）：best, test, rest, guest, chest, nest。注意不要把 feast /fiːst/、least /liːst/ 等拼写相似的词误读为 /ɛst/，它们读音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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