pest
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pest /pest/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 HBIa small animal or insect that destroys crops or food supplies 〔毁坏庄稼或食物的〕有害小动物；害虫 → vermin a chemical used in pest control 用于防治虫害的一种化学品2. informalANNOY an annoying person, especially a child 令人讨厌的人〔尤指孩子〕
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pest• The heron gobbled up land crabs which, without the herons, had become a pest on the islands.• Stop being such a pest, Timothy.• A different type of biologically engineered pest control is claimed to have been effected through a free-living soil bacteria.• a new strategy for pest control• He thought it was a phone pest until police collared the culprit with a phone tap.• Farmers employ mixed cropping systems and plant local cultivars with some resistance to pests.Origin pest (1500-1600) French peste “plague”, from Latin pestispest nounChinese
destroys insect crops a animal Corpus that food or small or
pest
pest /pest/
noun [countable]
a chemical used in pest control
2. informal an annoying person, especially a child
pest /pest/
noun [countable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: peste 'plague', from Latin pestis
1. a small animal or insect that destroys crops or food supplies ⇨ vermin:Language: French
Origin: peste 'plague', from Latin pestis
2. informal an annoying person, especially a child