pestilence

英 [ˈpestɪləns]

美 [ˈpestɪləns]

n.  瘟疫

复数：pestilences　

TOEFL医学

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
  1. racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation
  2. according to him, I was the canker in their midst
  Synonym:canker
• any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  Synonym:plaguepest
• 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
  Synonym:plaguepestpestis

双语例句

• By this theory, the effect of pestilence is neglected and the Black Death is recognized as a kind of Necessary event.
  在这种理论中，瘟疫作为一种必然性的事件，其作用被淡化。
• People were forced to leave their homes because of famine and pestilence.
  人们因饥荒和瘟疫被迫离开家园。
• For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets;
  我必使瘟疫进入西顿，使血流在他街上。
• 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。
• 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。
• A pestilence overhangs the country.
  瘟疫威胁着那个国家。
• In China itself storms, floods and earthquakes brought pestilence and suffering.
  在中国本土，暴雨、洪水和地震带来了瘟疫和苦难。
• A pestilence was raging in this area.
  鼠疫正在这一地区流行。
• Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
  3他必救你脱离捕鸟人的网罗，和毒害的瘟疫。
• Pestilence walked abroad in that area.
  那一地区瘟疫泛滥。