英语词汇“infect”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

infectinfect /ɪnˈfɛkt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYinfect

Origin: 1300-1400 Latin, past participle of inficere to dip in, stain

VERB TABLE

infect

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	infect
	he, she, it	infects
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	infected
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have infected
	he, she, it	has infected
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had infected
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will infect
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have infected

Continuous Form
Present	I	am infecting
	he, she, it	is infecting
	you, we, they	are infecting
Past	I, he, she, it	was infecting
	you, we, they	were infecting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been infecting
	he, she, it	has been infecting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been infecting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be infecting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been infecting

1medicine to give someone a disease: infect somebody with something One patient infected 20 people with tuberculosis.2science, biology to make food, water, the air, etc. dangerous and able to spread disease: A fungus had infected the fruit.3if a feeling or interest that you have infects other people, it makes them begin to feel the same way: Lucy’s enthusiasm soon infected the rest of the class.4computers if a computer virus infects your computer or disks, it changes or destroys the information in them [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin, past participle of inficere to dip in, stain]