英文词源
- infest (v.)
- late 15c., "to attack, assail, hurt, distress, annoy," from Middle French infester, from Latin infestare "to attack, disturb, trouble," from infestus "hostile, dangerous," originally "inexorable, not able to be handled," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + -festus "(able to be) seized." Sense of "swarm over in large numbers" first recorded c. 1600. Related: Infested; infesting.
中文词源
in-,不，非，-fest,击，打，抓住，词源同defend,manifest.其原义为抓不住的，控制不住的，引申词义骚扰，麻烦，大量滋生。词义演变比较opportune.
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