infest

1. V-T When creatures such as insects or rats infest plants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage. (昆虫或老鼠等) 大批出没于

...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops. …像蚜虫那样大肆侵害谷类作物的害虫。

2. infestedADJ 大批出没的

The prison is infested with rats. 那座监狱里鼠满为患。

3. V-T If you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerous are infesting a place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place. 充斥着[表不满]

Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities. 犯罪和毒品充斥着市中心区。

4. infestedADJ 成群危害的

The road further south was infested with bandits. 更南边的公路盗匪猖獗。