wild animals or birds that destroy plants or food, or attack farm animals and birds Topics Animalsc2害兽;害鸟 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + vermin- consider something
- regard something as
- attract
- …
- infest
insects that live on the bodies of animals and sometimes humans 体外寄生虫;害虫 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + vermin- consider something
- regard something as
- attract
- …
- infest
- (disapproving)
people who are very unpleasant or dangerous to society 蟊贼;歹徒;害人虫
Word OriginMiddle English (originally denoting animals such as reptiles and snakes): from Old French, based on Latin vermis ‘worm’.