parasite

英 [ˈpærəsaɪt]

美 [ˈpærəsaɪt]

n.  寄生生物; 寄生虫; 寄生植物; 依赖他人过活者

复数：parasites　

考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8医学

Collins.1 / BNC.7277 / COCA.8481

牛津词典

noun

• 寄生生物；寄生虫；寄生植物
  a small animal or plant that lives on or inside another animal or plant and gets its food from it
• 寄生虫；依赖他人过活者
  a person who always relies on or benefits from other people and gives nothing back

柯林斯词典

• 寄生虫；寄生物
  Aparasiteis a small animal or plant that lives on or inside a larger animal or plant, and gets its food from it.
• 不劳而获者；寄生虫
  If you disapprove of someone because you think that they get money or other things from other people but do not do anything in return, you can call them aparasite.

英英释义

noun

• an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant)
• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
  Synonym:leechspongesponger

双语例句

• Previous studies of interactions between parasitic worms and the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have come to varying conclusions.
  此前关于寄生虫和恶性疟原虫之间相互作用的研究得出了迥异的结果。
• After feeding, they pass a parasite called trypanosoma cruzi in their faeces.
  吸血后，它们将一种叫作克氏锥虫的寄生虫排到其粪便中。
• Schistosomiasis is diagnosed through the detection of parasite eggs in stool or urine specimens.
  血吸虫病的诊断方法是，检测粪便或尿液标本中寄生虫卵。
• Plowe and colleagues looked at a specific parasite protein, MSP-119, used in malaria vaccines.
  Plowe和他的同事研究了疟疾疫苗中使用的一种特殊蛋白MSP-119。
• You said that parasite was changing him.
  你说那些寄生虫使他改变了。
• She was essentially feminine, in other words, a parasite and a chalice.
  她在本质上是个女人，换句话说，是一个食客和一只酒杯。
• Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes.
  疟疾由一种叫作疟原虫的寄生虫引起，通过受感染蚊子的叮咬传播。
• This meeting is the only international meeting that addresses the development of drugs to treat and prevent parasite infections.
  这次会议是唯一的一个国际会议，解决了一药物的发展，以治疗或预防寄生虫感染。
• The study is aimed at developing a new vaccine for the East Coast fever parasite.
  这项研究的目的是开发一个新的东海岸热寄生虫疫苗。
• The scientists in the United States centered their work on the parasite that causes Texas cattle fever.
  美国科学家将工作重点放到了引起德克萨斯州牛发烧的寄生虫上。