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
- 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。 - 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。 - There is the source of the recurring pestilence.
那里是一再发生瘟疫的策源地。 - 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。 - 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。 - He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
有欲望而无行动者滋生瘟疫。 - A pestilence was raging in that area.
瘟疫正在那一地区流行。 - And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
6又要击打这城的居民，连人带牲畜都必遭遇大瘟疫死亡。 - They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.
他们被那年严冬的饥荒与瘟疫逼疯了。 - 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。