释义 |
parasite UK ['pær.ə.saɪt] US ['per-] noun countable ■an animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant of a different type and feeds from it 寄生生物;寄生动物;寄生植物•The older drugs didn't deal effectively with the malaria parasite.以前的药物不能有效对付引起疟疾的寄生虫。 ■disapproving ■a person who is lazy and lives by other people working, giving them money, etc 靠他人为生者,寄生虫•Financial speculators are parasites upon the national economy.金融投机者是国民经济的寄生虫。 |