英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 傳染…疾病;感染,在(空氣、水等)中傳播病毒[病菌]

   infect sb with the plague

   使某人染上瘟疫

   the infected area

   傳染病流行區.

2. 2. 使染上(惡習),使受感染;使受影響

   infect sb [sb's mind] with one's laziness

   影響某人,使之跟自己一樣懶惰.

3. 3. [國際法] (中立國的船因部分裝有交戰國貨物的牽連而使全船貨物)有遭全部沒收之危險

4. 4. [電腦] 侵入(電腦系統、存儲器等);污染存儲器



5. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
   1. 受感染,感染病毒



6. adj. (形容詞 adjective)
   1. [古] 感染的;傳染的

柯林斯英英辭典

vb

1. [mainly tr] to cause infection in; contaminate (an organism, wound, etc) with pathogenic microorganisms

2. [also intr] to affect or become affected with a communicable disease

3. to taint, pollute, or contaminate

4. to affect, esp adversely, as if by contagion

5. [computing] to affect with a computer virus

6. [chiefly international law] to taint with crime or illegality; expose to penalty or subject to forfeiture

adj. (adjective)

1. [Archaic] contaminated or polluted with or as if with a disease; infected

2. [Etymology] C14: from Latin inficere to dip into, stain, from facere to make