parasite
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 寄生生物，寄生虫，食客
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle French parasite, from Latin parasitus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos, “person who eats at the table of another”), from noun use of adjective meaning "feeding beside", from παρά (pará, “beside”) + σῖτος (sîtos, “food”).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
- (derogatory) A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. [from 16th c.]
- (derogatory) A sycophant or hanger-on.
- (literary, poetic) A climbing plant which is supported by a wall, trellis etc. [from 19th c.]