参考词典中plague的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 瘟疫,麻烦,灾祸
vt. 折磨,使苦恼,使得灾祸
词形变化
- 时 态:plagued, plagu·ing, plagues名 词:plagu'er
常用短语
参考例句
- Plenty is no plague.
多多益善 - The plague struck Europe.
瘟疫袭击欧洲。 - Plague invaded the town.
瘟疫侵袭全城。 - Plague was then prevailing in that city.
当时瘟疫正在该城流行。 - The stores had to cope with a plague of burglaries.
商店不得不设法对付盗贼之灾。
- Plenty is no plague.
英英解释
5个名词解释
- 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
[同] pest, pestilence, pestis, plague - any epidemic disease with a high death rate
[同] pest, pestilence, plague
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- a swarm of insects that attack plants
[同] infestation, plague
[例]- a plague of grasshoppers
- any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
- an annoyance
[例]- those children are a damn plague
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- cause to suffer a blight
[同] blight, plague
[例]- Too much rain may blight the garden with mold
- annoy continually or chronically
[同] harass, harry, hassle, beset, molest, plague, provoke, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy
[例]- He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
- This man harasses his female co-workers
点击查看……- 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