pestilence是什么意思？

pestilence

英[ˈpestɪləns] 美[ˈpɛstələns]

• n. 瘟疫， （尤指）腺鼠疫；

复数：pestilences;

例句

• Pestilence was known to have been foreboded by a shower of crimson light. 瘟疫,则众所周知是由一阵红光示警的.
• He condemns television as a pestilence. 他指责电视有害.
• There is the source of the recurring pestilence. 那里是一再发生瘟疫的策源地.
• Pestilence is a fierce and infective disease which is caused by the pestilential pathogen. 疫病是由感受疫疠之气引起的一种具有强烈传染性的疾病.
• A pestilence was raging in this area. 鼠疫正在这一地区流行.
• A pestilence was raging in that area. 瘟疫正在那一地区流行.
• They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter. 他们因那年严冬的饥饿与瘟疫而折磨得发狂.

同义词

• n.
  pestilence的同义词之：瘟疫;传染病
  plague, epidemic, disease,
• pestilence的同义词之：其他释义
  plague, disease, pest, epidemic, cancer,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  瘟疫
  Pestilence is any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  2. a pernicious evil influence

行业词典

• 医学： 疫病：任何毒性传染病；疫病流行；