exterminator
exterminator — 名詞
- exterminatorsingular
- exterminatorsplural
1. a worker paid to remove unwanted pests such as insects, rats, and mice from buil
除蟲員
受僱清除建築物內害蟲及鼠類的專業人員
a worker paid to remove unwanted pests such as insects, rats, and mice from buildings, usually using chemicals or traps
Nora called an exterminator when she found cockroaches in the kitchen.
Nora 在廚房發現蟑螂後，打電話叫了除蟲員來處理。
collocation: call an exterminator
The exterminator sprayed the basement walls and the ants were gone.
除蟲員在地下室牆面噴藥後，螞蟻全都不見了。
Anjali paid the exterminator two hundred dollars to get rid of the bedbugs.
Anjali 付了除蟲員兩百美元來清除臭蟲。
After the exterminator finished, the Watanabe family could finally sleep without bites.
除蟲員處理完以後，Watanabe 一家人終於能睡個不被叮咬的好覺。
Tomás became an exterminator after his own flat had a serious mouse problem.
Tomás 自己的公寓老鼠為患後，他便轉行當了除蟲員。
- pest controller
more formal industry term; often used on official service labels
- fumigator
specifically one who uses gas or chemical fumes, narrower than exterminator
用法筆記
Used almost exclusively for a paid professional who handles infestations, not for someone who casually kills a single bug or mouse.