pestilence

听听怎么读

英 [?pest?l?ns]

美 [?p?st?l?ns]

是什么意思

瘟疫，（尤指）腺鼠疫；

变形

复数：pestilences

英英释义

pestilence[ 'pestil?ns ]

n.
- 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
  同义词：plaguepestpestis
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  同义词：plaguepest
- a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
  "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"
  同义词：canker

学习怎么用

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

A pestilence was raging in that area.
瘟疫正在那个地方流行。
There is the source of the recurring pestilence.
那里是一再发生瘟疫的策源地。

权威例句

Congenital syphilis-persisting pestilence
Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence (review)
When Pestilence Prevails a?| Physician Responsibilities in Epidemics
Pestilence, persistence and pathogenicity: infection strategies of Bartonella.
Rotten Orchards: "Pestilence", Police Misconduct and System Failure*
When Pestilence Prevails: Physician Responsibilities in Epidemic Bioterror Situations
Revisiting the pestilence of Helicobacter pylori : insights into geographical genomics and pathogen evolution
Famine and Pestilence in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Empire: a Systematic Survey of Subsistence Crises and Epidemics.
The coming of the spirit of pestilence: introduced infectious diseases and population decline among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774–1...
Time series analysis of oscillations in a model population: The effects of plague, pestilence and famine

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