pestilence
英['pestɪl(ə)ns]
美['pɛstɪləns]
- n. 瘟疫（尤指鼠疫）；有害的事物
词态变化
复数: pestilences;
中文词源
pestilence 瘟疫
来自拉丁语pestis,传染病，瘟疫，诅咒，词源同pest.
英文词源
- pestilence (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French pestilence "plague, epidemic" (12c.) and directly from Latin pestilentia "a plague, an unwholesome atmosphere," noun of condition from pestilentem (nominative pestilens) "infected, unwholesome, noxious," from pestis "deadly disease, plague" (see pest).
双语例句
- 1. They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.
- 他们因那年严冬的饥饿与瘟疫而折磨得发狂.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 2. A pestilence was raging in that area.
- 瘟疫正在那一地区流行.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. A pestilence was raging in this area.
- 鼠疫正在这一地区流行.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. A pestilence overhangs the country.
- 瘟疫威胁着那个国家.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. 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.
来自英汉文学 - 红字