"varmints" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 害蟲
• 害獸 (有害的小動物)

Definition

「Varmints」指討人厭或有害的小動物，特別是會造成麻煩的野生動物，如老鼠、浣熊或昆蟲。有時也會戲稱頑皮的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

主要用於美式英語的非正式場合，尤其在美國鄉村或南方地區。大多指造成麻煩的小動物，有時也用來戲稱調皮小孩。正式文章中很少見。

Examples

The farmer set traps to catch the varmints in his barn.

農夫在穀倉裡設陷阱抓**害蟲**。

The garden was destroyed by varmints last summer.

去年夏天花園被**害獸**毀了。

He called the mice in his house varmints.

他稱家裡的老鼠為**害蟲**。

Those raccoons are clever little varmints—they got into the trash again!

那些浣熊真是聰明的**害獸**——又把垃圾翻出來了！

Grandpa used to call us kids little varmints when we played tricks on him.

爺爺以前常說我們搗蛋時都是**小害蟲**。

If you leave food out, you’ll attract all kinds of varmints.

如果你把食物放在外面，會招來各種**害蟲**。