parasite

parasite

英 ['pærəsaɪt]
　　美 ['pærəsaɪt]

n. 寄生蟲；食客

中文詞源：

parasite 寄生蟲

來自希臘語parasitos,坐在別人旁邊吃飯的，吃剩飯的，來自para-,在旁，在周圍，sitos,食物，詞源同sitophobia.引申詞義寄生蟲。

例句：

1. One of the ways the parasite spreads is through fecal matter.
寄生蟲傳播的一種方式是通過排泄物。

2. The lazy man was a parasite on his family.
那懶漢是傢裡的寄生蟲.

3. The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.
槲寄生是寄生於樹上的植物.

4. I don't want to be a parasite. I must earn my own way in life.
我不想做寄生蟲, 我要自己養活自己.

5. There are two kinds of drags, parasite drag and induced drag.
阻力有兩種:寄生阻力和誘導阻力.