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.
例文
1. On farms the fox is considered vermin and treated as such.
農場でキツネは有害動物として扱われている。
2.Farmers regard foxes as vermin .
農夫はキツネを災いと見なしている。
3.Foxes were traditionally regarded as vermin .
人々は伝統的にキツネを有害な動物と考えている。
4.From 1066 to the 17 th century the fox was looked upon as vermin .
キツネは1066年から17世紀にかけて害獣とされてきた。
5.Some communicable diseases are transmitted only through the agency of vermin or insects.