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\\\"
造句
用作名詞(n.)
On farms the fox is considered vermin. 在農(nóng)場，狐貍被認(rèn)為是害獸。
The room was crawling with vermin. 這房間里有害蟲在爬。
He thought all terrorists were vermin and that prison was too good for them. 他認(rèn)為所有恐怖分子都是害人蟲，監(jiān)獄對于他們來說都嫌太好了。
常用短語
vermin proof
防蟲的
組詞
The stock of..grouse..on any large estate depends chiefly on the destruction of vermin.
出自：C. Darwin
Sam has cyanide..that\\\'s what they kill vermin with.