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parasitize

/par-uh-si-tahyz, -sahy-/US // ˈpær ə sɪˌtaɪz, -saɪ- //UK // (ˈpærəsɪˌtaɪz, -saɪ-) //

寄生,寄居,寄生虫,寄养

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    par·a·si·tized, par·a·si·tiz·ing.

    • : to live on as a parasite.

Examples

  • Another 39 of the parasitized slugs let parts of their bodies slowly fall away.

  • Glaw was reminded of “parasites that eat the animal from the inside,” having seen such fatally parasitized insects before.

  • Primary larvae of the parasite failed to parasitize Supella.

  • Two roundworms were found to parasitize the guts of the salamanders; the parasitism looks to be benign.