infest
verb [usually passive](especially of insects or animals such as rats )尤指昆虫或老鼠之类的动物 to exist in large numbers in a particular place, often causing damage or disease 大量滋生;大批出没于 - be infested (with something)
The kitchen was infested with ants. 厨房里到处是蚂蚁。 shark-infested waters 鲨鱼成群的水域 - infest something
These parasites infest the gills of freshwater fish. 这些寄生虫寄生在淡水鱼的鳃上。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInfest is used with these nouns as the subject:- vermin
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘torment, harass’): from French infester or Latin infestare ‘assail’, from infestus ‘hostile’. The current sense dates from the mid 16th cent.- be infested (with something)