parasite

• n. 寄生虫; 捕食者

ギリシア語のparasitos「隣に座って食べる人」、「食べ残しを食べる人」、para-「そば」、around「周り」、sitos「食べ物」、語源はsitophobiaと同じ。

parasite (n.)

1530s, "a hanger-on, a toady, person who lives on others," from Middle French parasite (16c.) or directly from Latin parasitus "toady, sponger," and directly from Greek parasitos "one who lives at another's expense, person who eats at the table of another," from noun use of an adjective meaning "feeding beside," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + sitos "food," of unknown origin. Scientific meaning "animal or plant that lives on others" is first recorded 1640s (implied in parasitical).

1. One of the ways the parasite spreads is through fecal matter.

寄生虫を介して伝播する方法の1つは排泄物である。

2.The lazy man was a parasite on his family.

その怠け者は家の寄生虫だった。

3.The mistletoe plant is a parasite on trees.

ヤドリギは木に寄生する植物である。

4.I don 't want to be a parasite .I must earn my own way in life.

寄生虫になりたくない、自分で自分を養う。

5.There are two kinds of drags, parasite drag and induced drag.

抵抗には寄生抵抗と誘導抵抗の2種類がある。