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
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.
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