详细解释:n. 令人讨厌之物, 有害之物, 害虫, 瘟疫
【医】 鼠疫, 瘟疫
词意辨析:
bug, insect, pest, worm这些名词均含“虫,昆虫”之意。
bug: 指小昆虫,尤指吸血的臭虫,也可指细菌。
insect: 含义广泛,多指蚂蚁、黄蜂、蝉等等。
pest: 指有害的昆虫或有害的小动物。
worm: 侧重指蚯蚓、蚕、毛虫等小而无骨的虫。英语解释:
名词 pest:
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal同义词:plague, pestilence, pestis