a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
例句
用作名词 (n.)
Chicken pox is a common childhood sickness. 水痘是一种常见的儿童期疾病。
His forehead was pitted by chicken pox. 他的前额因害了水痘而留下许多麻点。
经典引文
Some said, 'a Pox take the House of Commons.'
出自： Clarendon
Hand me the mirror, girl...A pox on the girlsshe's dreaming!
美
[pɑːks]
