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pestilence

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英 [ˈpestɪləns]
美 [ˈpɛstələns]
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  • n.

    瘟疫, (尤指)腺鼠疫;

  • 变形

    复数:pestilences

    英英释义

    pestilence[ 'pestiləns ]

    • n.
      • 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:plaguepestpestis

      • any epidemic disease with a high death rate

        同义词:plaguepest

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

        "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"

        同义词:canker

    学习怎么用

    双语例句

    用作名词(n.)
    1. A pestilence was raging in that area.
      瘟疫正在那个地方流行。
    2. There is the source of the recurring pestilence.
      那里是一再发生瘟疫的策源地。

    权威例句

    Congenital syphilis-persisting pestilence
    Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence (review)
    When Pestilence Prevails … Physician Responsibilities in Epidemics
    Pestilence, persistence and pathogenicity: infection strategies of Bartonella.
    Rotten Orchards: "Pestilence", Police Misconduct and System Failure*
    When Pestilence Prevails: Physician Responsibilities in Epidemic Bioterror Situations
    Revisiting the pestilence of Helicobacter pylori : insights into geographical genomics and pathogen evolution
    Famine and Pestilence in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Empire: a Systematic Survey of Subsistence Crises and Epidemics.
    The coming of the spirit of pestilence: introduced infectious diseases and population decline among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774–1...
    Time series analysis of oscillations in a model population: The effects of plague, pestilence and famine