pestilence
英 [ˈpestɪləns]
美 [ˈpestɪləns]
n. 瘟疫
复数:pestilences
BNC.24980 / COCA.23924
牛津词典
noun
- 瘟疫
any infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills a lot of people
柯林斯词典
- 瘟疫
Pestilenceis any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people.
英英释义
noun
- a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
- racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation
- according to him, I was the canker in their midst
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- 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
双语例句
- A pestilence was raging in this area.
鼠疫正在这一地区流行。 - There is hunger in all the flood-hit areas. Pestilence walked abroad in that area.
洪水泛滥地区到处都出现了饥荒。那一地区瘟疫泛滥。 - None so self-devoted as Hester when pestilence stalked through the town.
在镇上蔓延瘟疫的时候,谁也没有海丝特那样忘我地献身。 - Scourge: A source of widespread, dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
灾难,灾祸:涉及面广的令人害怕的苦难和破坏的根源,例如由瘟疫或战争引起的。 - The drought could result in the rising price of the grain and bring out the pestilence& plague of locusts.
旱灾造成粮价上涨,还会诱发疫灾和蝗灾; - They are craze 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。 - Ironically, Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit AS a pest to Australia acquired this man-made diseASe AS a pestilence.
具有讽刺意味的是,欧洲把这种兔子作为有害动物传到澳洲,后来欧洲却从澳洲染上了这一被视为瘟疫的人造疾病。 - Floods, droughts, famine, war, pestilence, plagues, and economic booms and busts are familiar companions in the up-and-down cycle of human history.
在人类历史上起伏不断的周期中,水灾、干旱、饥荒、战争、流行病、瘟疫以及经济繁荣和崩溃都是人们熟悉的现象。 - No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.
以往的瘟疫从没象这次那么可怖,那么骇人听闻。 - Pestilence: A nasty stomach bug spread among fashion-label employees, celebrities and editors.
是生病:一种讨厌的肠胃炎在时尚品牌员工、名流和编辑之间传播。
