Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense infests, present participle infesting, past tense, past participle infested
1VERB (昆虫、老鼠等)大批出没于,侵扰 When creatures such as insects or rats infest plants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage. (昆虫、老鼠等)大批出没于,侵扰 [Also + of]
...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops. [VERB noun]
像蚜虫这样大肆侵害谷物的害虫
infested
The prison is infested with rats.
监狱里老鼠猖獗。
In less than seven days the infested plants had recovered.
不到7天时间,受虫害侵袭的植物就复原了。
-infested
...the rat-infested slums where the plague flourished.
瘟疫横行、鼠患猖獗的贫民窟
infestation
The premises were treated for cockroach infestation.
因蟑螂成灾,这些房屋集中进行了灭蟑活动。
Parts of California are suffering from an infestation of oriental fruit flies.
加利福尼亚的部分地区正遭受东方果蝇的大肆侵袭。
2VERB 遍布于;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. 遍布于;充斥 [disapproval]
Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities. [VERB noun]