vermin
n[U, usu pl v 通常與復數動詞連用]
1 certain wild animals and birds (eg rats, foxes, moles, owls) which are harmful to crops and farmyard animals and birds 害獸及害鳥(為害莊稼及家畜家禽的, 如鼠、 狐、 鼴鼠、 梟)
put down (exterminate) vermin 消滅害獸和害鳥. Cf 參看 pest 2.
2 insects (eg lice) sometimes found on the bodies of human beings and other animals 害蟲(如虱)
a room alive/crawling with vermin 有害蟲的房間.
3 human beings who are harmful to society or who prey on others 為害社會或他人的人; 蟊賊; 害人蟲.