单词 | infect |
释义 | Word Frequency infect(ɪnˈfɛkt) verb (mainly tr) 1. to cause infection in; contaminate (an organism, wound, etc) with pathogenic microorganisms 2. (also intr) to affect or become affected with a communicable disease 3. to taint, pollute, or contaminate 4. to affect, esp adversely, as if by contagion 5. computing to affect with a computer virus 6. mainly international law to taint with crime or illegality; expose to penalty or subject to forfeiture adjective 7. archaic contaminated or polluted with or as if with a disease; infected Derived forms infector (inˈfector) or infecter (inˈfecter) noun Word origin C14: from Latin inficere to dip into, stain, from facere to make |
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