| 单词 | infect |
| 释义 | infect —infectant, adj. —infectedness, n. —infector, infecter, n. /in fekt"/, v.t. 1. to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs. 2. to affect with disease. 3. to taint or contaminate with something that affects quality, character, or condition unfavorably: to infect the air with poison gas. 4. to corrupt or affect morally: The news of the gold strike infected him with greed. 5. to imbue with some pernicious belief, opinion, etc. 6. to affect with a computer virus. 7. to affect so as to influence feeling or action: His courage infected the others. 8. Law. to taint with illegality, or expose to penalty, forfeiture, etc. v.i. 9. to become infected. adj. 10. Archaic. infected. [1350-1400; ME infecten < L infectus (ptp. of inficere to immerse in dye, discolor, taint, poison), equiv. to in- IN-2 + -fec-, comb. form of facere to DO1, make (see FACT) + -tus ptp. suffix] Syn. 5. damage, corrupt. 6. touch, stir, arouse. |
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