parasite.

/par-uh-sahyt/US // ˈpær əˌsaɪt //UK // (ˈpærəˌsaɪt) //

寄生虫,寄生者,寄生物,寄生生物

Definitions

1.
- ›an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- ›a person who receives support, advantage, or the like, from another or others without giving any useful or proper return, as one who lives on the hospitality of others: They are greedy politicians, parasites with their snouts in the public trough.
- › a person who received free meals in return for amusing or impudent conversation, flattering remarks, etc.

nounsomething that exists by taking from or depending on another

Forms: parasites

Synonyms

Now, new research on the genetic instruction book of this rare plant reveals the lengths to which it has gone to become a specialized parasite.
Scientific findings reported this year that still need more proof include potential signs of life on Venus and Earth’s oldest parasites.
Ditching energy-expensive traits, or “reductive evolution,” is a common theme in parasites, Meyer noted.
Pandas are known to cover themselves in natural scents, which may ward off parasites or act as a territorial signal.
During Africa’s dry season, when mosquitoes are scarce, malaria parasites have a hard time spreading to new hosts.
The film reaches its climax when Temple is felled by giardia, a parasite that infects the small intestine.
It was Italian doctors who proved that the parasite was carried by mosquitoes.
Al Qaeda is a parasite that feeds on social instability and turmoil.
All of this feeds a caricature of Washington as a parasite on the real economy.
A single platelet lying upon a red corpuscle may easily be mistaken for a malarial parasite (Plate VI).
The spirillum of relapsing fever can be identified by the method for the malarial in fresh blood.

/par-uh-sahyt/US // ˈpær əˌsaɪt //UK // (ˈpærəˌsaɪt) //

寄生虫,寄生者,寄生物,寄生生物

1.
- ›an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- ›a person who receives support, advantage, or the like, from another or others without giving any useful or proper return, as one who lives on the hospitality of others: They are greedy politicians, parasites with their snouts in the public trough.
- › a person who received free meals in return for amusing or impudent conversation, flattering remarks, etc.

nounsomething that exists by taking from or depending on another

Forms: parasites

Synonyms

Now, new research on the genetic instruction book of this rare plant reveals the lengths to which it has gone to become a specialized parasite.
Scientific findings reported this year that still need more proof include potential signs of life on Venus and Earth’s oldest parasites.
Ditching energy-expensive traits, or “reductive evolution,” is a common theme in parasites, Meyer noted.
Pandas are known to cover themselves in natural scents, which may ward off parasites or act as a territorial signal.
During Africa’s dry season, when mosquitoes are scarce, malaria parasites have a hard time spreading to new hosts.
The film reaches its climax when Temple is felled by giardia, a parasite that infects the small intestine.
It was Italian doctors who proved that the parasite was carried by mosquitoes.
Al Qaeda is a parasite that feeds on social instability and turmoil.
All of this feeds a caricature of Washington as a parasite on the real economy.
A single platelet lying upon a red corpuscle may easily be mistaken for a malarial parasite (Plate VI).
The spirillum of relapsing fever can be identified by the method for the malarial in fresh blood.