pestiferous

英 [pes'tɪfərəs] 美 [pes'tɪfərəs]

• adj. 传染性的；有害的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. contaminated with infecting organisms;

   "dirty wounds"
   "obliged to go into infected rooms"
   

2. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease;

   "a pestilential malignancy in the air"
   "plaguey fevers"
   

3. tending to corrupt or pervert

4. causing irritation or annoyance;

   "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"
   "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"
   "found it galling to have to ask permission"
   "an irritating delay"
   "nettlesome paperwork"
   "a pesky mosquito"
   "swarms of pestering gnats"
   "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"
   "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"
   "a vexatious child"
   "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• destructive 破坏性的
• troublesome 令人烦恼的
• plaguey 麻烦的
• pestering 动词pester的现在进...
• pesky 讨厌的
• galling 使烦恼的
• teasing 戏弄的
• dirty 脏的
• pestilential 引起瘟疫的
• bothersome 令人讨厌的
• annoying 恼人的
• irritating 使愤怒的
• vexing 使人烦恼的
• corruptive 使腐败的
• vexatious 令人烦恼的
• pestilent 致死的
• perversive 曲解的
• plaguy 麻烦的
• nettlesome 令人激恼的