murrain

n. 瘟疫, 家畜传染病 [医] 瘟疫(家畜或植物)

发音

UK /ˈmʌɹ(ɪ)n/
其它
UK /-ɹeɪn/
US /ˈmʌɹən/

词形变化

murrains 复数 murrains more murrain 比较级 most murrain 最高级

别名

murian murraine murren murrin murrein murrion

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An infectious disease affecting plants.

    可数 生物 植物学 医学 引申义 不可数

    potato murrain

  2. 2.

    A poor-quality green-salted animal hide.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  3. 3.

    Death, especially from an infectious disease.

    废旧 不可数 可数
  4. 4.

    Infectious disease; pestilence, plague; (countable) sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.

    古体 不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution; a plague.

    古体 可数 比喻 不可数
  6. 6.

    Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.

    牛瘟

    可数 历史 生物 医学 动物学 不可数

    water murrain

  7. 7.

    Rotting flesh, especially of an animal which has died from a disease; carrion.

    废旧 不可数 可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Disgusting or offensive, as if having an infectious disease; contemptible, despicable, loathsome, plaguey.

    比喻 废旧
  2. 2.

    Used as an intensifier: to a great extent; extreme, intense.

    比喻 废旧
adv.
  1. 1.

    Used as an intensifier: extremely, very.

    比喻 废旧

相关短语

steppe murrain

词源

The noun is derived from Late Middle English morein, morine, moreyn (“(widespread) death; widespread sickness, plague; fatal disease; carnage; carrion”), from Anglo-Norman morine, mourine, moreyn (“death; widespread sickness, plague; carrion; cattle disease”), Middle French morine, and Old French morine, mourine, murine (“widespread sickness, plague; animal which has died from a disease”), from Late Latin morina (“plague”), probably from Latin morior (“to die; to decay, wither”). The adjective and adverb are derived from the noun. Cognates * Italian morìa (“plague”) * Latin morticīnus (“that has died naturally, dead; (relational) carrion”) (Medieval Latin morticinium) * Occitan moria (“death; plague”) * Old French morie (“death”) mourie (“flesh of animals that have died of disease”) (Middle French murie) * Portuguese morrinha (“cattle plague”) * Spanish morriña (“cattle plague”)

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