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单词 parasitize
释义

parasitizev.

Brit. /ˈparəsᵻtʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəsəˌtaɪz/, /ˈpɛrəˌsaɪˌtaɪz/
Forms: 1800s– parasitise, 1800s– parasitize.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: parasite n., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < parasite n. + -ize suffix.
1. transitive (chiefly in passive). To live on, in, or with (an organism) as a parasite; to attack or infest (an organism, cell, etc.) as a parasite. Also figurative.
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1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 512 It is not at all improbable that some Tachina parasite infests Coreus tristis De Geer. It is well known that beetles in the imago state are sometimes so parasitized.
1895 Illinois Bull. Nat. Hist. 4 253 The nymphs of that species (Stratyomyia norma) and of Odontomyia are parasitized by large chalcids of the genus Smicra.
1915 W. B. Herms Med. & Vet. Entomol. ii. 7 That an animal is parasitized does not necessarily involve it in death.
1934 J. S. Huxley Sci. Res. & Social Needs vii. 111 New suburbs, almost all in ribbon development, have been allowed to parasitize the road.
1970 Nature 25 July 382/1 Mice were infected with..erythrocytes parasitized with the NK 65 strain of Plasmodium berghei.
1997 Countryman 102 107/2 If meadow pipits have declined locally..the cuckoos that parasitise them may have declined too.
2. intransitive. To practise parasitism; to live on or in a host organism as a parasite. Also figurative.
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1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 225 A crustacean, living parasitically in its host. It does, however, not parasitize in the gill-cavity of its host.
1927 F. Balfour-Browne Insects vi. 132 The beetles apparently only parasitise in the Orders Orthoptera and Hymenoptera.
2003 Business Law Rev. (Nexis) 13 May This law's entry into force..will..reduce dishonest bureaucrats' possibilities to parasitize on small businesses.

Derivatives

ˈparasitized adj.
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1877 Amer. Naturalist 11 672 They were so diseased and parasitized that they..mostly perished.
1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xvi. 375 The mature male stylops can be reared by keeping alive the parasitized hosts.
2001 Science 14 Sept. 2009/3 Parasitized red cells are allowed to bind to sections of uninfected placenta.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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