pestilence 详细解释

pestilence

['pestiləns]

n. 瘟疫, 毒害物

n.[C][U]

1. 恶性传染病, 瘟疫(尤指鼠疫)

2. 有害的事物

He condemns television as a pestilence.

他指责电视有害。

词形变化

副词: pestiferously | 名词: pestiferousness |

词义辨析

同义:

n.瘟疫; 传染病

plague  epidemic  disease  

同义参见:

pest  cancer  

英英释义

名词 pestilence:

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

同义词:plague, pest, pestis

any epidemic disease with a high death rate

同义词:plague, pest

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

同义词:canker

补充

pestilencepestilence英:[ˈpestiləns] 美:[ˈpɛstələns]n.1.瘟疫; (尤指)腺鼠疫

例句

1. "After years of war and pestilence, few people remained in the city."经过多年的战争和瘟疫,城里剩下的人不多了。 2. a deadly pestilence致命的瘟疫