plague
plague 英 [pleɪg] 美 [pleɡ]
n. 瘟疫；灾祸；麻烦；讨厌的人 vt. 折磨；使苦恼；使得灾祸
进行时:plaguing 过去式:plagued 过去分词:plagued 第三人称单数:plagues 名词复数:plagues
- When the homeowner described her ant problem as a plague, the exterminator thought she was being a bit melodramatic. After all, a few bugs aren't exactly a huge calamity.
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- n. 瘟疫；灾祸；麻烦；讨厌的人
- vt. 折磨；使苦恼；使得灾祸
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1. A terrible plague hit the whole Europe.
一场可怕的瘟疫袭击了整个欧洲。
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2. The population was decimated by a plague.
人口中的大部分被一场瘟疫所毁。
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3. The plague was greatly feared in the Middle Ages.
在中世纪时，这种瘟疫十分可怕。
- plague (n.) late 14c., plage, "affliction, calamity, evil, scourge;" early 15c., "malignant disease," from Old French plage (14c.), from Late Latin plaga, used in Vulgate for "pestilence," from Latin plaga "stroke, wound," probably from root of plangere "to strike, lament (by beating the breast)," from or cognate with Greek (Doric) plaga "blow," from PIE root *plak- (2)"to strike."
- plague (v.) late 15c., from Middle Dutch plaghen, from plaghe (n.) "plague" (see plague (n.)). Sense of "bother, annoy" it is first recorded 1590s. Related: Plagued; plaguing.
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