| 单词 | invasive |
| 释义 | invasive[ in-vey-siv ] / ɪnˈveɪ sɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR invasive ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivecharacterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war. invading, or tending to invade; intrusive: Every party we have is crashed by those invasive neighbors. Medicine/Medical. requiring the entry of a needle, catheter, or other instrument into a part of the body, especially in a diagnostic procedure, as a biopsy: An x-ray is not invasive, but it may not tell us everything we need to know. (of a plant, especially a nonnative one) posing a threat to a plant community by growing vigorously and spreading prolifically among the previously established vegetation: One of these invasive Asian grasses is making its way to the forest floors of southern Indiana. Origin of invasiveFirst recorded in 1580–1600; French invasif, from Medieval Latin invāsīvus, derivative of Latin invāsus, past participle of invādere “to come into, go into, usurp, attack,” see invasion, -ive OTHER WORDS FROM invasiveun·in·va·sive, adjectiveWords nearby invasiveinvariance, invariant, invariant mass, invasion, invasion of privacy, invasive, invected, invective, inveigh, inveigle, invenit Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for invasiveBritish Dictionary definitions for invasiveinvasive / (ɪnˈveɪsɪv) / adjectiveof or relating to an invasion, intrusion, etc relating to or denoting cancer at the stage at which it has spread from its site of origin to other tissues (of surgery) involving making a relatively large incision in the body to gain access to the target of the surgery, as opposed to making a small incision or gaining access endoscopically through a natural orifice Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for invasiveinvasive [ ĭn-vā′sĭv ] adj.Marked by the tendency to spread, especially into healthy tissue, as a tumor. Of or relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision. Other words from invasivein•va′sive•ness n.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for invasiveinvasive [ ĭn-vā′sĭv ]
Not native to and tending to spread widely in a habitat or environment. Invasive species often have few natural predators or other biological controls in their new environment. Although not always considered harmful to an environment, invasive species can become agricultural or ecological pests and can displace native species from their habitats. Invasive species are often introduced to an environment unintentionally, as the zebra mussel was to the Great Lakes, but are sometimes introduced for a purpose, as kudzu was to the southern US, where it was originally planted to control erosion. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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