pest

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pest [pest pests] BrE [pest] NAmE [pest] noun
1. an insect or animal that destroys plants, food, etc
•pest control
•insect/plant/garden pests
2. (informal)an annoying person or thing
•That child is being a real pest.

Word Origin:
late 15th cent. (denoting the bubonic plague): from French peste or Latin pestis ‘plague’.

Example Bank:
•Police are looking for a sex pest who is frightening late-night travellers.
•These birds provide a useful function in controlling insect pests.
•a pest control officer

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly, plague, pestilence, pestis