plague
- IPA[plāɡ]
美式
- a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague)；a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people.
- cause continual trouble or distress to；pester or harass (someone) continually
verb: plague, 3rd person present: plagues, gerund or present participle: plaguing, past tense: plagued, past participle: plagued
noun: plague, plural noun: plagues
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- 1. a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague) an outbreak of plague they died of the plague
- ▪ a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people. 同義詞
- ▪ an unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage a plague of fleas 同義詞
- ▪ a thing causing trouble or irritation staff theft is usually the plague of restaurants 同義詞
- ▪ used as a curse or an expression of despair or disgust a plague on all their houses!
動詞
- 1. cause continual trouble or distress to he has been plagued by ill health the problems that plagued the company 同義詞
- ▪ pester or harass (someone) continually he was plaguing her with questions 同義詞
- a serious outbreak of bubonic plague in England in 1665–6, in which about one fifth of the ...
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- an acute and often fatal infectious viral disease of birds, especially poultry.
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- (of a disease) resembling plague in its severity or the rapidity with which it spreads: plague-like outbreaks of disease
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- the commonest form of plague in humans, characterized by fever, delirium, and the formation of ...
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- an acute and often fatal infectious disease of birds, especially poultry, caused by certain ...
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- (of a disease) resembling plague in its severity or the rapidity with which it spreads: plague-like outbreaks of disease
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- the most common form of plague in humans, characterized by fever, delirium, and the formation ...
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- another term for rinderpest
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- a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the ...
- cause continual trouble or distress to: he has been plagued by ill health
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