infest /ɪnˈfɛst/ TEM8 ( infesting, infested, infests )

• 1. 

  V-T When creatures such as insects or rats infest plants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage. (昆虫或老鼠等) 大批出没于

  例：

  ...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops.

  …像蚜虫那样大肆侵害谷类作物的害虫。

• 2. 

  infested ADJ 大批出没的

  例：

  The prison is infested with rats.

  那座监狱里鼠满为患。

• 3. 

  V-T If you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerous are infesting a place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place. 充斥着 [表不满]

  例：

  Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities.

  犯罪和毒品充斥着市中心区。

• 4. 

  infested ADJ 成群危害的

  例：

  The road further south was infested with bandits.

  更南边的公路盗匪猖獗。