insecticide

Word family nounInsectainsectariuminsecticideinsectifugeInsectivorainsectivoreinsectologistinsectologyinsectadjectiveinsecticidalinsectiforminsectileinsectivorous

Related topics: Technology, Gardening, Microbes, genetics, biochem, Agriculture

in·sec·ti·cide /ɪnˈsektɪsaɪd/ noun [uncountableU]

THBIa chemical substance used for killing insects 杀虫剂，杀虫药

→ pesticide

—insecticidal /ɪnˌsektəˈsaɪdl◂/ adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

insecticide• Do not use any insecticide sprays in the house, or pesticide sprays in the garden.• If you have a lot of plants and don't want to use any of the usual chemicals, try a biological insecticide.• Almost like new roses themselves, chemical insecticides and fungicides come and go with remarkable rapidity.• For example, the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis has the ability to produce crystalline spores which act as natural insecticides.• Treatment involves the application of insecticide by pressure spray in the form of pungent solvents or water-based emulsions or pastes.• The wood must be free of insecticides and herbicides.• But they began to develop resistance to the insecticide.• Last year, insecticide efforts essentially failed.

单词	insecticide
释义	insecticide Word family nounInsectainsectariuminsecticideinsectifugeInsectivorainsectivoreinsectologistinsectologyinsectadjectiveinsecticidalinsectiforminsectileinsectivorous Related topics: Technology, Gardening, Microbes, genetics, biochem, Agriculture in·sec·ti·cide /ɪnˈsektɪsaɪd/ noun [uncountableU] THBIa chemical substance used for killing insects 杀虫剂，杀虫药 → pesticide —insecticidal /ɪnˌsektəˈsaɪdl◂/ adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus insecticide• Do not use any insecticide sprays in the house, or pesticide sprays in the garden.• If you have a lot of plants and don't want to use any of the usual chemicals, try a biological insecticide.• Almost like new roses themselves, chemical insecticides and fungicides come and go with remarkable rapidity.• For example, the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis has the ability to produce crystalline spores which act as natural insecticides.• Treatment involves the application of insecticide by pressure spray in the form of pungent solvents or water-based emulsions or pastes.• The wood must be free of insecticides and herbicides.• But they began to develop resistance to the insecticide.• Last year, insecticide efforts essentially failed.
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