parasite

['pærəsait]

n. 寄生虫, 寄生生物, 食客

例句与用法：

One who frequents another's table; a hanger-on or parasite.

食客经常到别人那儿吃饭的人; 食客或寄生者

A malarial parasite at the stage of development in which it inhabits bodily tissue before invading the red blood cells.

潜隐体一种处于发育阶段的疟疾寄生虫，在侵入红血细胞之前，寄生在体内组织中

Don't give money to him; he is a parasite.

别给他钱，他是个好吃懒做的人。

The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.

槲寄生是寄生在树上的植物。

详细释义：

n.[C][(+on/of)]

1. 寄生生物; 攀附植物

2. 【喻】寄生虫

The lazy man was a parasite on his family.

那懒汉是他家的一个寄生虫。

3. (古希腊)食客