pestilence
/'pestilәns/
BNC频率: 24980
现代语料频率: 23924
中文翻译
n. 瘟疫, 散布毒害的事物, 罪恶
[医] 疫病, 疫病流行
英文解释
n. a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
词态变化
复数形式:pestilences
常见例句
1
A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.
2
To affict with pestilence
3
A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.
4
as, the tokened pestilence.
相关词组
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n. 瘟疫, （尤指）腺鼠疫( pestilence的复数形式 )