pestiferous

a. 传播疾病的, 引起瘟疫的, 危害社会的, 伤风败俗的 [医] 致疫的, 传疫的

发音

CA /ˌpɛsˈtɪfəɹəs/
其它

词形变化

more pestiferous 比较级 most pestiferous 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    containing organisms that cause contagious diseases

  2. 2.

    annoying, vexatious

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

dirty annoying teasing irritating pesky bothersome vexing plaguey corruptive galling

近义相关 5

evil infected epidemic septic disagreeable

词源

Mid 15th century, in sense “mischievous, pernicious”, from Latin pestiferus (“bearing plague”), from pestifer, from pestis (“plague”) + ferre (“carry”) (see infer). By surface analysis, pest + -i- (“bearing, carrying”) + -ferous.

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