Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense infests, present participle infesting, past tense, past participle infested
1VERB (昆蟲、老鼠等)大批出沒於,侵擾 When creatures such as insects or rats infest plants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage. (昆蟲、老鼠等)大批出沒於,侵擾 [Also + of]
...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops. [VERB noun]
像蚜蟲這樣大肆侵害谷物的害蟲
infested
The prison is infested with rats.
監獄裏老鼠猖獗。
In less than seven days the infested plants had recovered.
不到7天時間,受蟲害侵襲的植物就複原了。
-infested
...the rat-infested slums where the plague flourished.
瘟疫橫行、鼠患猖獗的貧民窟
infestation
The premises were treated for cockroach infestation.
因蟑螂成災,這些房屋集中進行了滅蟑活動。
Parts of California are suffering from an infestation of oriental fruit flies.
加利福尼亞的部分地區正遭受東方果蠅的大肆侵襲。
2VERB 遍布於;充斥 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. 遍布於;充斥 [disapproval]
Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities. [VERB noun]