plague的意思

基本释义

• n 瘟疫；灾祸；麻烦；讨厌的人

  a disease that causes death and spreads quickly to a large number of people

• v 折磨；使苦恼；使得灾祸

  to cause pain, suffering, or trouble to someone, especially for a long period of time

例句

1. drops in population levels due to plagues and famines

   瘟疫和饥荒造成的人口水平下降

2. Don't always plague your mother.

   不要总是缠着你母亲。

3. That mistake plagued him for years.

   那个错误使他痛苦了许多年。

4. She has been plaguing me with silly questions all day.

   她整天用愚蠢的问题烦扰我。1

5. Why am I plagued with bad luck?

   我为什么老是倒霉?

6. She was plagued with arthritis.

   她患关节炎十分痛苦。

短语

• bubonic plague n. [医]黑死病
• lung plague 牛肺疫，牛传染性胸膜肺炎
• black plague 鼠疫；黑死病
• great plague n. 大瘟疫（指1665年流行于伦敦的鼠疫）
• devouring plague 吞噬瘟疫（游戏中用语）

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英英释义

plague是什么意思 noun 1. an annoyance e.g. those children are a damn plague 2. any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) 3. a swarm of insects that attack plants e.g. a plague of grasshoppers Synonym: infestation 4. any epidemic disease with a high death rate Synonym: pestilencepest 5. 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 Synonym: pestilencepestpestis plague verb 1. annoy continually or chronically e.g. He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked This man harasses his female co-workers Synonym: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, che 2. cause to suffer a blight e.g. Too much rain may blight the garden with mold Synonym: blight

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