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pestilence
时间: 2024-03-24 11:14:17
托福
英 [ˈpɛstɪl(ə)ns]
美 [ˈpɛstələns]

n. 恶性传染病;瘟疫

双语例句
  • Pestilence has claimed countless lives throughout history.

    瘟疫在历史上夺去了无数人的生命。

  • The famous singer died of a pestilence.

    这个著名的歌手死于疫病。

  • The existene of corrupt officials is a pestilence of society.

    贪官是社会的毒瘤。

  • A pestilence was raging in that area.

    瘟疫正在那一地区流行。

  • A pestilence was raging in this area.

    鼠疫正在这一地区流行。

  • Conflict at Reims, London and a pestilence in Tuscany.

    兰斯、伦敦的冲突还有托斯卡纳的瘟疫。

  • They are crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.

    他们因那年严冬的饥馑与瘟疫而发狂。

  • They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter .

    他们被那年严冬的饥荒与瘟疫逼疯了。

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词根 pest

  • pestilent adj. 致命的;有害的;恼人的;危害社会的

  • pestiferous adj. 传播疾病的;有害的,毒害的;邪恶的

  • pestilential adj. 引起瘟疫的;瘟疫似的;讨厌的

  • pest n. 害虫;有害之物;讨厌的人

  • pesthole n. 瘟疫区

释义
n.

archaic a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague

〈古〉 恶性传染病,瘟疫(尤指鼠疫)。

词源

"Middle English (also denoting something morally corrupting): from Old French, from Latin pestilentia, based on pestis ‘a plague’."

  • Hot air blowers are incubators and spewers of bacteria and pestilence.

    吹风机可以说是细菌和瘟疫的发源地。

    《The Big Bang Theory Season 2》《生活大爆炸 第二季》

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