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pesticide

noun
🔊/ˈpestɪsaɪd/
🔊/ˈpestɪsaɪd/
 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. a chemical used for killing pests, especially insects杀虫剂；除害药物
    • vegetables grown without the use of pesticides未用杀虫剂种植的蔬菜
    • crops sprayed with pesticide喷洒过杀虫剂的庄稼
    see also herbicide, insecticide
    Extra Examples
    • It is claimed that current levels of pesticide do not pose a threat to health.据称当前杀虫剂的含量不会对健康构成威胁。
    • Some weeds have developed resistance to agricultural pesticides.一些杂草已对农用杀虫剂产生了抗药性。
    • Traces of pesticide in the water were ten times above permissible levels.水中的杀虫剂残留量是允许含量的 10 倍。
    • tests for pesticide contamination in food对食物中杀虫剂污染的检验
    • the risk of pesticide exposure among farm workers农场工人接触杀虫剂的风险
    • the threat to human health from chemical pesticides in our food食物中化学杀虫剂对人类健康的威胁
    Topics Farmingb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • chemical
    • synthetic
    • organic
    • …
    … of pesticide
    • level
    • trace
    pesticide + noun
    • use
    • levels
    • residues
    • …
    phrases
    • resistance to pesticides
    • the use of pesticides
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