infect

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T To infect people, animals, or plants means to cause them to have a disease or illness. 傳染
A single mosquito can infect a large number of people. 一只蚊子就能傳染很多人。
...objects used by an infected person. …一名感染者使用過的物品。
2. infectionN-UNCOUNT 傳染
...plants that are resistant to infection. …抗感染的植物。
3. V-T To infect a substance or area means to cause it to contain harmful germs or bacteria. 使感染有害菌
The birds infect the milk. 鳥使牛奶受污染。
4. V-T When people, places, or things are infected by a feeling or influence, it spreads to them. 使受影響
For an instant I was infected by her fear. 一瞬間，我被她的恐懼所感染。
He thought they might infect others with their bourgeois ideas. 他認為他們可能用中產階級思想去影響別人。
5. V-T If a virus infects a computer, it damages or destroys files or programs. 使 (計算機) 中毒[計算機]
This virus infected thousands of computers across the U.S. and Europe within days. 這種病毒幾天之內就使美國和歐洲成千上萬臺電腦中毒。