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单词 vermin
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ver•min /ˈvɜrmɪn/USA pronunciation   n. [plural* used with a plural verb]
  1. Zoologyharmful or objectionable animals thought of as a group, as flies, lice, cockroaches, and rats.
  2. Zoologyanimals that prey upon game.
  3. obnoxious persons thought of as a group.
ver•min•ous, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ver•min  (vûrmin),USA pronunciation n., pl. ver•min. 
  1. Zoologynoxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, esp. those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats.
  2. an objectionable or obnoxious person, or such persons collectively.
  3. Zoologyanimals that prey upon game, as coyotes or weasels.
  • Vulgar Latin *verminum, *vermina, based on Latin vermin-; see verminate
  • Anglo-French, Middle French vermin, vermine
  • Middle English vermyne 1300–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
vermin /ˈvɜːmɪn/ n
  1. (functioning as plural) small animals collectively, esp insects and rodents, that are troublesome to man, domestic animals, etc
  2. ( pl -min) an unpleasant, obnoxious, or dangerous person
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French vermine, from Latin vermis a worm
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