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美:[ɪkˈstɚməˌnetɚ]
ex·ter·mi·na·tor
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复数:exterminators
词根:exterminate
n.extermination 消灭;根绝
vt.exterminate 消灭;根除
约在1400年,指“驱逐(人)的天使”,源自于晚期拉丁语 exterminator,源自于拉丁语 exterminare 的过去分词词干,意为“驱逐,放逐,排除,超出边界”,在晚期拉丁语中也有“摧毁”的意思(参见 exterminate)。自1848年起,作为清除老鼠等害虫的物质; 自1938年起,作为职业是这样做的人。古英语用 ofdræfere(“驱逐者”)来解释拉丁语 exterminator。
Latin exterminatus, past participle of exterminare, from ex- + terminus boundary — more at term >entry 1
The first known use of exterminate was in 1591
external1 of 2adjective
outwardly visible
external signs of relief
of, relating to, or connected with the outside or an outer part
the building's external features
applied or applicable to the outside
for external use only
arising or acting from outside
external pressures
of or relating to relationships with foreign countries
external affairs
external2 of 2noun
something external—usually used in plural
exterminateverb
to get rid of completely
exterminate termites
1 The exterminator disinfests the house.
杀虫剂驱除了房子里的害虫。
2 Friedel is at the center of the exterminating European Jews, and his family tries to ignore the sounds of screams, cries, gunshots, and atrocities taking place on the other side of the wall.
3 They’ll eliminate stinging insects, but as an exterminator once told me: “It will kill them, but not as fast as other products — not nearly fast enough if you’re the one doing the killing.”
4 It’s choked with junk, including at least one dead cat, and it doesn’t take a professional exterminator to know that debris is the equivalent of a “Vacancy” sign to a rat.
5 “All right. If you think I’m being unfair about the exterminators, we’ll both pay for it.”
6 It begins with a broad premise: Have exterminators ever messed up your house?
7 A spokesman for Fannie Mae said having an exterminator treat a home is standard procedure before putting it up for sale.
8 She said maybe an exterminator came and took care of them in 2004.
9 If you're at your wit's end and nothing seems to keep the pests at bay, I'd highly recommend calling in an exterminator to take a look.
10 For the next two weeks, Checkbook.org is offering free access to its ratings of area exterminators to Washington Post readers.
11 Certainly I’m no mad exterminator bent on killing devil microbes; on the contrary, I admire them.
12 And bedbugs, unlike other pests, won’t be deterred by a clean house; you will probably need a series of treatments by a diligent, experienced exterminator.
13 Liv and Clive hunt for the perpetrator, who they think hired the exterminator to assassinate Walker and then offed the gunman with a 1978 Ford Landau to tie up loose ends.
14 As the biker pleads for his life, sputtering apologies, the menacing figure puts an exterminator’s spray gun in the biker’s mouth and pulls the trigger, poisoning him to death.
15 Even a scene with an exterminator finds an echo in “City Hall.”
16 She is dismayed to find herself enduring inane baby singalongs, irritated by fatuous chitchat with other mothers and anguished when the exterminator interrupts her writing time.
17 Before you hire an exterminator to handle a pest problem, learn what you can do yourself.
18 So she initially, coldly insists that Todd kill Skyler–a mother like herself–because she can’t be exposed to the slightest risk, and tells Todd this like she’s giving orders to the exterminator.
19 Last week, Last.fm "bug exterminator (department of pain)" and long-time programmer Jonty Wareing admitted that he added the codes.
上周,Last . fm“虫灭鼠药(痛苦系)”和资深程序员JontyWareing承认,他加入了这些代码。
20 “I’ve heard talk from the guards about your precious Bureau being attacked. And by hybrids no less. Such pests. I do hope you called the exterminator.”
1 杀虫剂
insecticidal insectifuge vermicide pesticide insecticide protectant larvicide disinfestant biocide
2 灭鼠药
3 根绝者
4 扑灭者
5 驱除剂