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exterminator

/ik-stur-muh-ney-ter/US // ɪkˈstɜr məˌneɪ tər //

灭虫剂,灭虫员,灭虫专家,杀虫剂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that exterminates.
    • : a person or business establishment specializing in the elimination of vermin, insects, etc., from a building, apartment, etc., especially by the controlled application of toxic chemicals.

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Examples

  • Hire a licensed exterminator to inspect the house and provide appropriate treatment.

  • The Brooklyn-born son of an exterminator and a housewife, Schumer at 14 got a job running a mimeograph machine for a neighbor whose tutoring business helped students prepare for the SAT.

  • One person replied saying they called exterminators, convinced they were suffering from bed bugs.

  • Ditto the kind of people who let garbage pile up undisposed of (and don't or can't call an exterminator).

  • And a rubbing alcohol/lavender oil mix works only as a short-term defense to buy time until the exterminator comes.

  • An exterminator, Dill took a job in Iraq for a company contracted to do pest control on military bases.

  • Despite having the nickname “the exterminator,” DeLay did not try to exterminate wasteful spending when in power.

  • But neither supposition proved to be correct, for we presently picked up the “exterminator,” floating near us.

  • Sometimes they are enemies who must be immolated to Mars the exterminator.

  • When the master takes us to kill the snails in the box borders, I do not always scrupulously fulfil my office as an exterminator.

  • The latter require the services of an exterminator or some one skilled in the use of hydrocyanic acid gas.

  • Exterminator (The), Montbars, chief of a set of filibusters in the seventeenth century.