pestilence 音标拼音: [p'ɛstələns]
n . 瘟疫
瘟疫
pestilence n 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 [
synonym :
{
plague }, {
pestilence }, {
pest }, {
pestis }]
2 :
any epidemic disease with a high death rate [
synonym : {
plague },
{
pestilence }, {
pest }]
3 :
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 " [
synonym :
{
pestilence }, {
canker }]
Pestilence \
Pes "
ti *
lence \,
n . [
F .
pestilence ,
L .
pestilentia .
See {
Pestilent }.]
1 .
Specifically ,
the disease known as the plague ;
hence ,
any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating .
[
1913 Webster ]
The pestilence that walketh in darkness . --
Ps .
xci .
6 .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Fig .:
That which is pestilent ,
noxious ,
or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers .
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1913 Webster ]
I '
ll pour this pestilence into his ear . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Pestilence weed } (
Bot .),
the butterbur coltsfoot ({
Petasites vulgaris }),
so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague . --
Dr .
Prior .
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1913 Webster ]
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pestilence ":
Black Death ,
affliction ,
ambulatory plague ,
bane ,
black death ,
black plague ,
blight ,
bubonic plague ,
bugbear ,
burden ,
calamity ,
cancer ,
canker ,
cellulocutaneous plague ,
crushing burden ,
curse ,
death ,
defervescing plague ,
destruction ,
disease ,
epidemic ,
epiphytotic ,
epizootic ,
evil ,
glandular plague ,
grievance ,
harm ,
hemorrhagic plague ,
infliction ,
larval plague ,
murrain ,
nemesis ,
open wound ,
pandemia ,
pandemic ,
pest ,
pesthole ,
plague ,
plague spot ,
pneumonic plague ,
premonitory plague ,
running sore ,
scourge ,
septicemic plague ,
siderating plague ,
thorn ,
torment ,
tuberculosis ,
vexation ,
visitation ,
white plague ,
woe
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