pestilence
英 [ˈpestɪləns]
美 [ˈpestɪləns]
n. 瘟疫
复数:pestilences
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
- racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation
- according to him, I was the canker in their midst
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- 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
双语例句
- And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
我必使刀剑,饥荒,瘟疫临到他们,直到他们从我所赐给他们和他们列祖之地灭绝。 - Scourge: A source of widespread, dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
灾难,灾祸:涉及面广的令人害怕的苦难和破坏的根源,例如由瘟疫或战争引起的。 - The drought could result in the rising price of the grain and bring out the pestilence& plague of locusts.
旱灾造成粮价上涨,还会诱发疫灾和蝗灾; - He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
有欲望而无行动者滋生瘟疫。 - 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。 - The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease.
重要的事情是,他们没有把你载到一个恐怖、险恶、污秽的地方,也不是到达瘟疫流行、饥荒、灾祸的地区。 - 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。 - 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。 - A pestilence overhangs the country.
瘟疫威胁着那个国家。 - 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。