pesticide

名词 n.
/ˈpɛstɪsaɪd/|/ˈpɛstəsaɪd/    /ˈpɛstɪˌsaɪd/|[ˈpɛstɪ̈ˌsaɪd]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests. countable,uncountable
    — “Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin).

词形变化

pesticides plural

词源

Etymology tree
English pest
Latin -i-bor.
English -i-
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.
Proto-Italic *kaidō
Latin caedō
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -a
Latin -cīdader.
Middle French -cidebor.
English -cide
English pesticide
From pest + -i- + -cide.
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