infect
verbto make a disease or an illness spread to a person, an animal or a plant 传染；使感染 - infect somebody/something
It is not possible to infect another person through kissing. 接吻不可能把这种病传染给他人。 - infect somebody/something with something
people infected with HIV 染上艾滋病病毒的人
- infect somebody/something
- [usually passive]
to make a substance contain harmful bacteria that can spread disease 使携带病菌 - be infected (with something)
The eggs were infected with salmonella. 鸡蛋感染了沙门氏菌。
- be infected (with something)
- infect something (with something)
to make a computer virus spread to another computer or program 传染，使感染（计算机病毒） - infect somebody (with something)
to make somebody share a particular feeling 使感染（某种感情）；影响
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin infect- ‘tainted’, from the verb inficere, from in- ‘into’ + facere ‘put, do’.