pestilence

英 ['pestɪləns] 美 ['pestɪləns]

• n. 瘟疫；毒害物

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 瘟疫
2. 恶性流行病
3. 鼠疫
4. 时疫
5. 流行病
6. 祸害
7. 洪水猛兽
8. 伤风败德之事
9. 致死性流行病瘟疫
10. 腺鼠疫
11. 有毒害的事物
12. 传布疫病之物

英英释义

Noun:

1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate

3. a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of;

   "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"
   "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A pestilence was raging in that area.
   瘟疫正在那个地方流行。
2. There is the source of the recurring pestilence.
   那里是一再发生瘟疫的策源地。

词汇搭配

• treatise on pestilence 温疫论

近反义词

【近义词】

• plague 瘟疫
• epidemic 流行病
• disease 疾病
• pest 害虫
• cancer 癌
• virus 病毒
• bubonic plague 黑死病
• endemic 风土的
• pandemic 全国流行的
• canker 溃疡
• pestis 鼠疫