parasite

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

寄生虫,寄生者,寄生物,寄生生物

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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 parasite in fresh blood.
With the tertian parasite, the segments more frequently form an irregular cluster.

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

寄生虫,寄生者,寄生物,寄生生物

n.名词 noun

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 parasite in fresh blood.
With the tertian parasite, the segments more frequently form an irregular cluster.