a small animal or plant that lives on or inside another animal or plant and gets its food from it 寄生物；寄生植物；寄生蟲 fleas, lice and other parasites 跳蚤、虱子和其他寄生蟲 an intestinal parasite of cattle 牛的腸道寄生蟲
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc1, Biologyc1These flies carry a dangerous parasite. 這些蒼蠅攜帶有危險的寄生蟲。 Your contaminated fingers can transmit the parasite to many surfaces. 你受污染的手指會向許多物體表面傳播寄生蟲。 the parasite that causes malaria 引發瘧疾的寄生蟲
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- common
- dangerous
- deadly
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- carry
- have
- pick up
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- infect somebody/something
- cause something
- (disapproving)
a person who always relies on or benefits from other people and gives nothing back 寄生蟲；依賴他人過活者 He regards students as parasites on society. 他認爲學生是社會上的寄生蟲。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek parasitos ‘(person) eating at another's table’, from para- ‘alongside’ + sitos ‘food’.