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

• Some Africans are suffering from famine, pestilence and other evils.
  有些非洲人正在承受着饥荒、疫病及其他不幸。
• Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
  在他前面有瘟疫流行，在他脚下有热症发出。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee.
  又要使饥荒和恶兽到你那里，叫你丧子，瘟疫和流血的事也必盛行在你那里；我也要使刀剑临到你。
• A pestilence was raging in that area.
  瘟疫正在那一地区流行。
• 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。
• 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。
• There is the source of the recurring pestilence.
  那里是一再发生瘟疫的策源地。