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

infestinfest /ɪnˈfɛst/ verb [transitive usually passive]

ETYMOLOGYinfest

Origin: 1500-1600 French infester, from Latin, from infestus angry and unfriendly

VERB TABLE

infest

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	infest
	he, she, it	infests
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	infested
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have infested
	he, she, it	has infested
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had infested
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will infest
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have infested

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

if insects, rats, etc. infest a place, they are there in large numbers and usually cause damage: be infested with something The kitchen was infested with cockroaches. [Origin: 1500–1600 French infester, from Latin, from infestus angry and unfriendly]—infestation /ˌɪnfɛˈsteɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]