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vermin

noun
🔊/ˈvɜːmɪn/
🔊/ˈvɜːrmɪn/
 [plural]
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  1. wild animals or birds that destroy plants or food, or attack farm animals and birds害兽；害鸟
    • On farms the fox is considered vermin and treated as such.在农场里狐狸被当成有害动物来对待。🔊🔊
    Topics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + vermin
    • consider something
    • regard something as
    • attract
    • …
    vermin + verb
    • infest
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  2. insects that live on the bodies of animals and sometimes humans体外寄生虫；害虫
    • The room was crawling with vermin.这房间里虱蚤横行。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + vermin
    • consider something
    • regard something as
    • attract
    • …
    vermin + verb
    • infest
    See full entry
  3. (disapproving) people who are very unpleasant or dangerous to society蟊贼；歹徒；害人虫
    4. Word OriginMiddle English (originally denoting animals such as reptiles and snakes): from Old French, based on Latin vermis ‘worm’.