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plague

音標[pleig] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 瘟疫, 天罰, 麻煩, 災禍
vt. 折磨, 使苦惱, 使得災禍
【醫】 鼠疫, 瘟疫

詞型變化:

名詞:plaguer 動詞過去式:plagued 過去分詞:plagued 現在分詞:plaguing 第三人稱單數:plagues 

英文解釋:

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

動詞 plague:

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

例句:

  1. He's been avoiding me like the plague since our quarrel.
    我們吵架以後,他一直如避蛇蠍似的躲著我。
  2. Plenty is no plague.
    [諺]多多益善。
  3. Plague came in the wake of earthquake.
    地震之後緊跟著就是瘟疫。
  4. The plague has broken out.
    突然發生了鼠疫。
  5. A great plague was then raging in the city.
    那時一場大瘟疫正在該城肆虐

詳細解釋:


plague

n.(名詞)
A widespread affliction or calamity, especially one seen as divine retribution.
瘟疫,禍患:廣泛的苦難或災禍,特別是被認為神的懲罰
A sudden destructive influx or injurious outbreak:
突然的災害:一種突發性破壞的匯集或有害的爆發:
例句:
a plague of locusts; a plague of accidents.
蝗蟲災害;不測之災

A cause of annoyance; a nuisance:
紛擾:引起厭煩的原因;令人頭痛的事:
例句:
.the plague of social jabbering.(George Santayana)
.社交閒談造成的紛擾.(喬治·桑塔亞那)

A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
瘟疫,傳染病:一種高度傳染且經常是致命的瘟疫,特別指淋巴腺鼠疫
v.tr.(及物動詞)
plagued,plagu.ing,plagues
To pester or annoy persistently or incessantly.See Synonyms at harass
使苦惱,煩擾:經常不斷地打擾或煩擾參見 harass
To afflict with or as if with a disease or calamity:
使遭殃,困擾:被或似乎某種疾病或災難折磨:
例句:
.Runaway inflation further plagued the wage- or salary-earner.(Edwin O. Reischauer)
.失控的通貨膨脹加深了工薪階層的痛苦.(埃德溫O.賴肖爾)

來源:
Middle English plage [blow, calamity, plague]
中古英文 plage [打擊,災難,災禍]
from Late Latin pl3ga
源自 後期拉丁語 pl3ga
from Latin [blow, wound] * see pl3k- 2
源自 拉丁語 [災難,受傷] *參見 pl3k- 2
V., Middle English plaghen
動詞, 中古英文 plaghen
from Middle Dutch
源自 中古荷蘭
from plaghe [plague]
源自 plaghe [災害]
from Late Latin pl3ga
源自 後期拉丁語 pl3ga

【引伸】
plagu.er
n.(名詞)

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