vermin
vermin 英 ['vɜːmɪn] 美 ['vɝmɪn]
n. 害虫；寄生虫；歹徒
名词复数:vermins
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- n. 害虫；寄生虫；歹徒
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1. They fumigated the room to kill the vermin.
他们用烟熏房间以杀死害虫。
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2. Kill this vermin!
杀了这害虫！
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3. Nature, however, has no “vermin” or “pests” –all things have their place in the natural order of things, and in most cases, the benefits of an organism far outweigh its (accidental) inconveniences.
然而，自然中并没有所谓的害虫，所有生物在自然秩序中都有属于它们的位置。 大部分情况下，很多生物的益处要远远超出它们偶尔带给人类的不便。
- vermin (n.) c. 1300, "noxious animals," from Anglo-French and Old French vermin "moth, worm, mite," in plural "troublesome creatures" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *verminum "vermin," possibly including bothersome insects, collective noun formed from Latin vermis "worm" (from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend"). Extended to "low, obnoxious people" by 1560s.
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