单词 | plague |
释义 | plague[pleig]n. 瘟疫, 天罚, 麻烦, 灾祸vt. 折磨, 使苦恼, 使得灾祸【医】 鼠疫, 瘟疫 plague plague AHD: [pl³g] D.J. [ple!g]K.K. [pleg]n.(名词)1. A widespread affliction or calamity, especially one seen as divine retribution.瘟疫,祸患:广泛的苦难或灾祸,特别是被认为神的惩罚的2. A sudden destructive influx or injurious outbreak:突然的灾害:一种突发性破坏的汇集或有害的爆发:a plague of locusts; a plague of accidents.蝗虫灾害;不测之灾3. A cause of annoyance; a nuisance:纷扰:引起厌烦的原因;令人头痛的事:“the plague of social jabbering”(&b{George Santayana})“社交闲谈造成的纷扰”(乔治·桑塔亚那)4. A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.瘟疫,传染病:一种高度传染且经常是致命的瘟疫,特别指淋巴腺鼠疫v.tr.(及物动词) plagued,plagu.ing,plagues 1. To pester or annoy persistently or incessantly.See Synonyms at harass 使苦恼,烦扰:经常不断地打扰或烦扰参见 harass2. To afflict with or as if with a disease or calamity:使遭殃,困扰:被或似乎被某种疾病或灾难折磨:“Runaway inflation further plagued the wage- or salary-earner”(&b{Edwin O. Reischauer})“失控的通货膨胀加深了工薪阶层的痛苦”(埃德温O.赖肖尔)语源:1. Middle English plage [blow, calamity, plague] 中古英语 plage [打击,灾难,灾祸] 2. from Late Latin pl³ga 源自 后期拉丁语 pl³ga 3. from Latin [blow, wound] * see pl³k- 2源自 拉丁语 [灾难,受伤] *参见 pl³k- 24. V., Middle English plaghen 动词, 中古英语 plaghen 5. from Middle Dutch 源自 中古荷兰语 6. from plaghe [plague] 源自 plaghe [灾害] 7. from Late Latin pl³ga 源自 后期拉丁语 pl³ga 继承用法:plagu“er n.(名词) |
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