vermin

英 ['vɜːmɪn] 美 ['vɜːrmɪn]

• n. 害兽；害鸟；害虫；害人虫

英英释义

Noun:

1. an irritating or obnoxious person

2. any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats;

   "cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin"
   "he examined the child's head for vermin"
   "boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. On farms the fox is considered vermin.
   在农场，狐狸被认为是害兽。
2. The room was crawling with vermin.
   这房间里有害虫在爬。
3. He thought all terrorists were vermin and that prison was too good for them.
   他认为所有恐怖分子都是害人虫，监狱对于他们来说都嫌太好了。

经典引文

• The stock of..grouse..on any large estate depends chiefly on the destruction of vermin.

  出自： C. Darwin

• Sam has cyanide..that's what they kill vermin with.

  出自： C. Stead

• Rats scurried nearby and Vermin crawl'd.

  出自： E. Jong

词汇搭配

• vermin proof 防虫的

近反义词

【近义词】

• insect 昆虫
• mouse 老鼠
• pest 害虫
• bug 臭虫
• fly 飞
• mosquito 蚊子
• varmint 流氓