单词乎

plague

音标[pleig]

汉语翻译

n. 瘟疫, 天罚, 麻烦, 灾祸
vt. 折磨, 使苦恼, 使得灾祸
【医】 鼠疫, 瘟疫

词型变化

名词:plaguer 动词过去式:plagued 过去分词:plagued 现在分词:plaguing 第三人称单数:plagues 

英语解释

名词 plague:

  1. 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:pestilence, pest, pestis
  2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
    同义词:pestilence, pest
  3. a swarm of insects that attack plants
    同义词:infestation
  4. any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
  5. an annoyance

动词 plague:

  1. cause to suffer a blight
    同义词:blight
  2. annoy continually or chronically
    同义词:harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, molest, provoke

例句

  1. He's been avoiding me like the plague since our quarrel.
    我们吵架以後,他一直如避蛇蝎似的躲著我。
  2. Plenty is no plague.
    [谚]多多益善。
  3. Plague came in the wake of earthquake.
    地震之后紧跟着就是瘟疫。
  4. The plague has broken out.
    突然发生了鼠疫。
  5. A great plague was then raging in the city.
    那时一场大瘟疫正在该城肆虐。

详细解释


plague

n.(名词)
A widespread affliction or calamity, especially one seen as divine retribution.
瘟疫,祸患:广泛的苦难或灾祸,特别是被认为神的惩罚的
A sudden destructive influx or injurious outbreak:
突然的灾害:一种突发性破坏的汇集或有害的爆发:
例句:
a plague of locusts; a plague of accidents.
蝗虫灾害;不测之灾

A cause of annoyance; a nuisance:
纷扰:引起厌烦的原因;令人头痛的事:
例句:
.the plague of social jabbering.(George Santayana)
.社交闲谈造成的纷扰.(乔治·桑塔亚那)

A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
瘟疫,传染病:一种高度传染且经常是致命的瘟疫,特别指淋巴腺鼠疫
v.tr.(及物动词)
plagued,plagu.ing,plagues
To pester or annoy persistently or incessantly.See Synonyms at harass
使苦恼,烦扰:经常不断地打扰或烦扰参见 harass
To afflict with or as if with a disease or calamity:
使遭殃,困扰:被或似乎被某种疾病或灾难折磨:
例句:
.Runaway inflation further plagued the wage- or salary-earner.(Edwin O. Reischauer)
.失控的通货膨胀加深了工薪阶层的痛苦.(埃德温O.赖肖尔)


来源:
Middle English plage [blow, calamity, plague]
中古英语 plage [打击,灾难,灾祸]
from Late Latin pl3ga
源自 后期拉丁语 pl3ga
from Latin [blow, wound] * see pl3k- 2
源自 拉丁语 [灾难,受伤] *参见 pl3k- 2
V., Middle English plaghen
动词, 中古英语 plaghen
from Middle Dutch
源自 中古荷兰语
from plaghe [plague]
源自 plaghe [灾害]
from Late Latin pl3ga
源自 后期拉丁语 pl3ga

【引伸】
plagu.er
n.(名词)

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