Vermin

(noun.) any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats; 'cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin'; 'he examined the child's head for vermin'; 'boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin'.

(noun.) an irritating or obnoxious person.

校对:菲利斯

• He's happen gone to visit some poor body in a sick gird, or he's happen hunting down vermin in another direction. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And vermin may be silent,' said Eugene. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• And for every beggar in America, Italy can show a hundred--and rags and vermin to match. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• To hunt down vermin is a noble occupation, fit for an archbishop. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He also relieved the monotony of office-work by fitting up the battery circuits to play jokes on his fellow-operators, and to deal with the vermin that infested the premises. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• How the vermin-tortured vagabonds did swarm! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• That was all the chamber held, exclusive of rats and other unseen vermin, in addition to the seen vermin, the two men. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The passage to the Conciergerie was short and dark; the night in its vermin-haunted cells was long and cold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• There was nothing but pickled vermin, and drawers full of blue-bottles and moths, with no carpet on the floor. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• This new, simple, and cheap preparation makes no stain and kills the vermin immediately. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• It attracts them by its luminous appearance and also by its odor, which is very attractive to all vermin. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Perfectly secure from human audience, I acted my part before the garret-vermin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Thus, there seems to be little doubt that the stock of partridges, grouse, and hares on any large estate depends chiefly on the destruction of vermin. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.

校对:惠特尼