| 词汇 | pest |
| 释义 | pestWord family adjectivepestfulpesticidalpestiferouspestilentpestilentialpestologicalnounpesticidepestilencepestologistpestologypesthousepestadverbpestiferouslypestilentiallypestilently Insects, Animals, Agriculture pest /pest/ ●○○ noun [countableC] 1 HBIa small animal or insect that destroys crops or food supplies 〔毁坏庄稼或食物的〕有害小动物；害虫 → vermin a chemical used in pest control 用于防治虫害的一种化学品 2. informalANNOY an annoying person, especially a child 令人讨厌的人〔尤指孩子〕 Examples from the Corpus pest• The heron gobbled up land crabs which, without the herons, had become a pest on the islands.• Stop being such a pest, Timothy.• A different type of biologically engineered pest control is claimed to have been effected through a free-living soil bacteria.• a new strategy for pest control• He thought it was a phone pest until police collared the culprit with a phone tap.• Farmers employ mixed cropping systems and plant local cultivars with some resistance to pests. (1500-1600) French peste “plague”, from Latin pestis |
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