vermin: [13] Vermin comes via Old French vermin from Vulgar Latin *vermīnum ‘noxious animals’, a derivative of Latin vermis ‘worm’. This came ultimately from Indo-European *wrmi-, which also produced English worm, and among the other contributions it has made to English are vermicelli [17] (from an Italian diminutive meaning ‘little worms’), vermicular [17], vermiculite [19] (so called because when heated it produces wormlike projections), vermifuge [17], and vermilion. => vermicelli, vermilion, worm
vermin (n.)
c. 1300, "noxious animals," from Anglo-French and Old French vermin "moth, worm, mite," in plural "troublesome creatures" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *verminum "vermin," possibly including bothersome insects, collective noun formed from Latin vermis "worm" (see worm (n.)). Extended to "low, obnoxious people" by 1560s.
双语例句
1. On farms the fox is considered vermin and treated as such.
在农场里狐狸被当成有害动物来对待。
来自《权威词典》
2. Farmers regard foxes as vermin.
农夫把狐狸看成是祸害.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Foxes were traditionally regarded as vermin.
人们传统上都认为狐狸是有害的动物.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. From 1066 to the 17th century the fox was looked upon as vermin.
从1066年到17世纪，狐狸一直被视为害兽。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Some communicable diseases are transmitted only through the agency of vermin or insects.
