infest

1. V-T When creatures such as insects or rats infest plants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage. (崑蟲或老鼠等) 大批出沒於

...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops. …像蚜蟲那樣大肆侵害穀類作物的害蟲。

2. infestedADJ 大批出沒的

The prison is infested with rats. 那座監(jiān)獄裡鼠滿爲患。

3. V-T If you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerous are infesting a place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place. 充斥著[表不滿]

Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities. 犯罪和毒品充斥著市中心區(qū)。

4. infestedADJ 成群危害的

The road further south was infested with bandits. 更南邊的公路盜匪猖獗。