(尤指害虫或寄生生物)大量侵入并滋生;(不受欢迎的人或事物)充斥、遍布。
/ɪnˈfest/
The kitchen was infested with ants.
厨房里到处都是蚂蚁。
Over the summer, the abandoned building became infested with rats, making it unsafe for anyone to enter.
整个夏天,那栋废弃建筑闹鼠成灾,导致任何人进入都不安全。
来自拉丁语 infestus,原意有“敌对的、侵扰的、不安全的”之意,后在英语中逐渐固定为“(害虫等)侵扰、成灾”的含义,也可引申指“不受欢迎的事物”大量出现。