pestilence
英 ['pest?l(?)ns]
美['p?st?l?ns]
- n. 瘟疫（尤指鼠疫）；有害的事物
TOEFL暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?pestilences;
中文詞源
pestilence 瘟疫
來自拉丁語pestis,傳染病，瘟疫，詛咒，詞源同pest.
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.
- 他們因那年嚴冬的饑餓與瘟疫而折磨得發狂.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. A pestilence was raging in that area.
- 瘟疫正在那一地區流行.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. A pestilence was raging in this area.
- 鼠疫正在這一地區流行.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. A pestilence overhangs the country.
- 瘟疫威脅著那個國家.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. None so self - devoted as Hester when pestilence stalked through the town.
- 在鎮上蔓延瘟疫的時候,誰也沒有海絲特那樣忘我地獻身.
來自英漢文學 - 紅字