parasite
US: /ˈpɛɹəˌsaɪt/
UK: /pˈæɹəsˌaɪt/
UK: /pˈæɹəsˌaɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
parasite /'pærəsait/
- danh từ
- kẻ ăn bám
- (sinh vật học) vật ký sinh
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a small animal or plant that lives on or inside another animal or plant and gets its food from it: fleas, lice and other parasites + an intestinal parasite of cattle
2 (disapproving) a person who always relies on or benefits from other people and gives nothing back: He regards students as parasites on society.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
leech, hanger-on, Colloq freeloader, sponger or sponge, bloodsucker, cadger, scrounger or scrounge, barnacle, jackal, hyena or hyaena:
That parasite lives off Gemma's money and has never worked a day in his life.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
common | dangerous
These flies carry a dangerous parasite.
| external, internal | intestinal
VERB + PARASITE
carry, have
Concise English dictionary
parasites'pærəsaɪt
noun
+an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
+a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
