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
- Some Africans are suffering from famine, pestilence and other evils.
有些非洲人正在承受着饥荒、疫病及其他不幸。 - There is the source of the recurring pestilence.
那里是一再发生瘟疫的策源地。 - Pestilence walked abroad in that area.
那一地区瘟疫泛滥。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
3他必救你脱离捕鸟人的网罗,和毒害的瘟疫。 - A pestilence overhangs the country.
瘟疫威胁着那个国家。 - People were forced to leave their homes because of famine and pestilence.
人们因饥荒和瘟疫被迫离开家园。