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

• 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。
• The lazy man was a parasite on his family.
  那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。
• Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that can infect aves 、 mammal and human beings.
  弓形虫是一种全球性分布的寄生原虫，可感染鸟类、哺乳动物和人。
• 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。
• Winds and rain spread the parasite.
  风和雨都能传播寄生虫。
• The insect can carry a parasite that infects the central nervous system.
  其携带的寄生虫能感染中枢神经系统。
• 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 kind of people live as a parasite on society.
  这类人像寄生虫似的靠社会为生。
• The scientists in the United States centered their work on the parasite that causes Texas cattle fever.
  美国科学家将工作重点放到了引起德克萨斯州牛发烧的寄生虫上。
• 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。