vermin
英 ['v??m?n]
美['v?m?n]
- n. 害蟲；寄生蟲；歹徒
TEM8GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?vermin;
助記提示
1. worm => vermin.
中文詞源
vermin 害蟲
來自拉丁語vermis,蟲，詞源同worm,引申詞義害蟲。
英文詞源
- vermin
- vermin: [13] Vermin comes via Old French vermin from Vulgar Latin *vermīnum ‘noxious animals’, a derivative of Latin vermis ‘worm’. This came ultimately from Indo-European *wrmi-, which also produced English worm, and among the other contributions it has made to English are vermicelli [17] (from an Italian diminutive meaning ‘little worms’), vermicular [17], vermiculite [19] (so called because when heated it produces wormlike projections), vermifuge [17], and vermilion.
=> vermicelli, vermilion, worm - vermin (n.)
- c. 1300, "noxious animals," from Anglo-French and Old French vermin "moth, worm, mite," in plural "troublesome creatures" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *verminum "vermin," possibly including bothersome insects, collective noun formed from Latin vermis "worm" (see worm (n.)). Extended to "low, obnoxious people" by 1560s.
雙語例句
- 1. On farms the fox is considered vermin and treated as such.
- 在農場里狐貍被當成有害動物來對待。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Farmers regard foxes as vermin.
- 農夫把狐貍看成是禍害.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Foxes were traditionally regarded as vermin.
- 人們傳統上都認為狐貍是有害的動物.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. From 1066 to the 17th century the fox was looked upon as vermin.
- 從1066年到17世紀，狐貍一直被視為害獸。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Some communicable diseases are transmitted only through the agency of vermin or insects.
- 某些傳染病只通過害蟲和昆蟲來傳播.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》