pestilence

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n. 瘟疫, 散布毒害的事物, 罪恶 [医] 疫病, 疫病流行

发音

其它 /ˈpɛstələn(t)s/
US /ˈpɛstələn(t)s/

词形变化

pestilences 复数 pestilences

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.

    瘟疫

    大札

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    1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII, Chapter iii, leaf 347r and hit was in the realme of Logrys and soo bifelle grete pestylence & grete harme to both Realmes "And it was in the realm of Logris; and so befell great pestilence and great harm to both realms."

  2. 2.

    Anything harmful to morals or public order.

    古体 可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

plague pest canker pestis

上位词 1

influence

下位词 2

bubonic plague pneumonic plague

词源

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pestilentia (“plague”), from pestilens (“infected, unwholesome, noxious”); equivalent to pestilent + -ence.

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