| 释义 |
disinfest, v.|dɪsɪnˈfɛst|
[dis- 6.]
trans. To rid (a person, building, etc.) of infesting insects, vermin, etc. So ˌdisinfeˈstation, the process of disinfesting.
1920Lancet 2 Oct. 681/1 (heading) Disinfection and disinfestation in the field. Ibid. 681/2 The term ‘disinfestation’ or ‘to disinfest’ was employed during the war to differentiate the two processes. 1936Discovery Apr. 116 Hydrogen cyanide, or HCN, is the material most generally used nowadays for disinfestation. Ibid. 116/2 The task of thoroughly disinfesting slum property. 1942Times 21 Sept. 5/3 Typhus, which is louse-borne,..was overcome by active measures of disinfestation. 1959Times 7 Dec. (Agric. Suppl.) p. vi/4 The use of radiation..could be usefully applied for the disinfestation of products handled in bulk. 1966Listener 10 Mar. 352/1 The irradiation method has great economic potential in..the disinfestation of dried and smoked fish, the disinfestation of dried fruits, [etc.]. 1970H. Braun Parish Churches xix. 225 Disinfestation is nowadays possible, but requires a desperate amount of scraping away of ruined timber before the beetle can be reached and destroyed. |