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infest 音标拼音: [ɪnf'ɛst] vt. 骚扰,群居于,大批出没 骚扰,群居於,大批出没 infest v 1: invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen" [synonym: {infest}, {overrun}] 2: occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" [synonym: {invade}, {overrun}, {infest}] 3: live on or in a host, as of parasites Infest \In*fest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infesting}.] [L. infestare, fr. infestus disturbed, hostile, troublesome; in in, against the root of defendere: cf. F. infester. See {Defend}.] To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates. [1913 Webster] To poison vermin that infest his plants. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life. --Addison. [1913 Webster] And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Infest \In*fest"\, a. [L. infestus. See {Infest}, v. t.] Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 18 Moby Thesaurus words for "infest":
beset, crawl with, creep with, flood, infiltrate, inundate, invade, overrun, overspread, overswarm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, plague, ravage, swarm, swarm over, swarm with
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