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.
雙語例句
1. On farms the fox is considered vermin and treated as such.
在農場裏狐狸被當成有害動物來對待。
來自《權威詞典》
2. Farmers regard foxes as vermin.
農夫把狐狸看成是禍害.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Foxes were traditionally regarded as vermin.
人們傳統上都認為狐狸是有害的動物.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. From 1066 to the 17th century the fox was looked upon as vermin.
從1066年到17世紀，狐狸一直被視為害獸。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Some communicable diseases are transmitted only through the agency of vermin or insects.