A hanger-on, or one who lives at another's expense. 依附他人者;依人为生者。 Tramps and vagabonds are social parasites. 流浪汉及无赖为社会之寄生虫。 A useless person, doing no work, but living in comfort at the expense of others. 清客;食客;寄食者。 An animal or plant which lives on or within another at the latter's expense, as lice, disease germs, and the various blights. 寄生动植物(如虱、病菌及各种作物害虫)。 adj. parasitic; parasitical. |