释义 |
vermin/ˈvɜ:min/n. (usu. treated as pl. 通常看作复数) 1 mammals and birds injurious to game, crops, etc., e.g. foxes, rodents, and noxious insects (指狐狸、啮齿动物和害虫等危害猎物、庄稼等的哺乳动物和鸟类)害鸟;害兽;害虫 2 parasitic worms or insects 寄生虫 3a vile or contemptible persons 卑鄙或可憎的人 b a person of this type 害人虫;蟊贼;歹徒 □ verminous adj.[Middle English from Old French vermin, -ine, ultimately from Latin vermis ‘worm’] |