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
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of;
"racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"
"according to him, I was the canker in their midst"
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
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。
