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1. Oxford Dictionary

   plague

   • IPA[pleɪɡ]

   英式

   • n.
     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).；any contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people
   • v.
     cause continual trouble or distress to；pester or harass (someone) continually

   • noun: plague, plural noun: plagues

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   n.

   名詞

   • 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).
   • ▪ any contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people diseases like smallpox wiped out the indigenous people in a succession of plagues 同義詞 disease, sickness, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, the Black Death, ... 更多contagious disease, contagion, epidemic, pandemic, archaicpestilence, the pest, murrain
   • 2. an unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage a plague of locusts 同義詞 huge number, infestation, epidemic, invasion, influx, ... 更多swarm, multitude, host
   • 3. a thing causing trouble or irritation staff theft is usually the plague of restaurants 同義詞 bane, curse, scourge, affliction, blight, ... 更多cancer, canker
   • ▪ archaic used as a curse a plague on all their houses!

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. cause continual trouble or distress to he has been plagued by ill health 同義詞 afflict, bedevil, cause suffering to, torture, torment, ... 更多trouble, beset, dog, curse, rack
   • ▪ pester or harass (someone) continually he was plaguing her with questions 同義詞 pester, harass, badger, bother, torment, ... 更多persecute, bedevil, harry, hound, disturb, trouble, be a nuisance to, keep after, irritate, worry, nag, annoy, vex, molest, mither, informalhassle, bug, aggravate, give someone a hard time, drive up the wall, drive round the bend, devil, ride

   Great Plague

   • ph.
     a serious outbreak of bubonic plague in England in 1665–6, in which about one fifth of the ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   fowl plague

   • n.
     an acute and often fatal infectious viral disease of birds, especially poultry.

   Oxford American Dictionary

   plague-like

   • adj.
     (of a disease) resembling plague in its severity or the rapidity with which it spreads: plague-like outbreaks of disease

   Oxford Dictionary

   Great Plague

   • ph.
     a serious outbreak of bubonic plague in England in 1665–6, in which about one fifth of the ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   fowl plague

   • n.
     an acute and often fatal infectious disease of birds, especially poultry, caused by certain ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   bubonic plague

   • n.
     the most common form of plague in humans, characterized by fever, delirium, and the formation ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   cattle plague

   • n.
     another term for rinderpest

   Oxford Dictionary

   plague-like

   • adj.
     (of a disease) resembling plague in its severity or the rapidity with which it spreads: plague-like outbreaks of disease

   Oxford American Dictionary

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3. • 更多解釋

   plague

   • IPA[plāɡ]

   美式

   • n.
     a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the ... an outbreak of plague they died of the plague
   • v.
     cause continual trouble or distress to: he has been plagued by ill health the problems that plagued the company

   Oxford American Dictionary