infestation

in·fest

I0128500 (ĭn-fĕst′)tr.v. in·fest·ed, in·fest·ing, in·fests 1. To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious: rats infesting the sewers; streets that were infested with drugs.2. To live as a parasite in or on: livestock that were infested with tapeworms.

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[Middle English infesten, to distress, from Old French infester, from Latin īnfestāre, from īnfestus, hostile; see g^whedh- in Indo-European roots.]

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in′fes·ta′tion n.

in•fes•ta•tion

(ˌɪn fɛˈsteɪ ʃən)

n. 1. the act of infesting or the state of being infested. 2. a harassing or troublesome invasion: an infestation of termites. [1375–1425]

Infestation

acariasisthe condition of being infested by acarids or mites.acaricidea substance or preparation for killing mites or ticks.miticidea substance for killing mites. — miticidal, adj.taeniacide, teniacidean agent or preparation for killing tapeworms. — taeniacidal, teniacidal, adj.taeniasis, teniasisinfestation by tapeworms.verminationthe state or process of being infested with worms or vermin.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	infestation - the state of being invaded or overrun by parasitesfascioliasis, fasciolosis - infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rotfasciolopsiasis - infestation with the large intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski; common in eastern Asiadracunculiasis, Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease - a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skinenterobiasis - an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis; occurs especially in childrenbilharzia, bilharziasis, schistosomiasis - an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infectedmyositis trichinosa, trichiniasis, trichinosis - infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encystedfullness - the condition of being filled to capacityacariasis, acaridiasis, acariosis - infestation with itch mitesascariasis - infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundwormscoccidiosis - (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidiaechinococcosis, hydatid disease, hydatidosis - infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms)helminthiasis - infestation of the body with parasitic wormsmyiasis - infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestationonchocerciasis, river blindness - infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical Americaopisthorchiasis - infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asialousiness, pediculosis - infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itchingtrombiculiasis - infestation with chiggerstrichuriasis - infestation by a roundworm; common in tropical areas with poor sanitation
	2.	infestation - a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers"plagueswarm, cloud - a group of many things in the air or on the ground; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"

Translations

侵扰

infest

(inˈfest) verb (of something bad) to swarm over and cover or fill. The dog was infested with fleas. 大批出沒 大批滋生，大批出没 ˌinfeˈstation (infe-) noun 侵擾 侵扰