infect

verb
🔊/ɪnˈfekt/
🔊/ɪnˈfekt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they infect
🔊/ɪnˈfekt/
🔊/ɪnˈfekt/
he / she / it infects
🔊/ɪnˈfekts/
🔊/ɪnˈfekts/
past simple infected
🔊/ɪnˈfektɪd/
🔊/ɪnˈfektɪd/
past participle infected
🔊/ɪnˈfektɪd/
🔊/ɪnˈfektɪd/
-ing form infecting
🔊/ɪnˈfektɪŋ/
🔊/ɪnˈfektɪŋ/
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  1. to make a disease or an illness spread to a person, an animal or a plant传染;使感染
    • infect somebody/something It is not possible to infect another person through kissing.接吻不可能把这种病传染给他人。🔊🔊
    • infect somebody/something with something people infected with HIV染上艾滋病病毒的人
    Topics Illnessc1
  2. [usually passive] to make a substance contain harmful bacteria that can spread disease使携带病菌 synonym contaminate
    • be infected (with something) The eggs were infected with salmonella.鸡蛋被沙门氏菌感染。
  3. infect something (with something) to make a computer virus spread to another computer or program传染,使感染(计算机病毒)Topics Computersc1
  4. infect somebody (with something) to make somebody share a particular feeling使感染(某种感情);影响
    • She infected the children with her enthusiasm for music.她对音乐的热爱感染了孩子们。🔊🔊
    • The whole room was soon infected by his laughter.整个房间很快就被他的笑声所感染。
  5. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin infect- ‘tainted’, from the verb inficere, from in- ‘into’ + facere ‘put, do’.