in·fect /ɪnˈfɛkt/
(vt.)傳染,侵染;使受影響
in·fect /ɪnˈfɛkt/ 及物動詞
傳染,感染
In·fect, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infected; p. pr. & vb. n. Infecting.]
1. To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment.
2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.
Them that were left alive being infected with this disease. --Sir T. North.
3. To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious.
Infected Ston's daughters with like heat. --Milton.
4. Law To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
Syn: -- To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile.
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In·fect a. Infected. Cf. Enfect. [Obs.]
infect
v 1: communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you
with this head cold"
2: contaminate with a disease or microorganism [syn: taint]
[ant: disinfect]
3: contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected
by racism"
4: affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone
who is in the same room"