pestilence
pestilences 是 pestilence 的复数形式，页面展示原形释义。
英 [ˈpes.tɪ.ləns]
美
[ˈpes.təl.əns]
- n. 瘟疫（尤指鼠疫）；有害的事物
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记忆方法
记忆“pestilence”的方法可以是将它分解为“pest”和“-ence”两部分。“Pest”指的是害虫或有害的生物，而“-ence”常用来表示某种状态或性质。将这两个部分结合起来，可以想象一种状态，就像无数害虫一样无处不在，造成了广泛的困扰和破坏，从而联想到“pestilence”意味着瘟疫或大灾难。
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词族 · pestilence
中文词源
pestilence 瘟疫
来自拉丁语pestis,传染病，瘟疫，诅咒，词源同pest.
英语词源
- pestilence (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French pestilence "plague, epidemic" (12c.) and directly from Latin pestilentia "a plague, an unwholesome atmosphere," noun of condition from pestilentem (nominative pestilens) "infected, unwholesome, noxious," from pestis "deadly disease, plague" (see pest).
权威例句
- 1. They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.
- 他们因那年严冬的饥饿与瘟疫而折磨得发狂.
- 2. A pestilence was raging in that area.
- 瘟疫正在那一地区流行.
- 3. A pestilence was raging in this area.
- 鼠疫正在这一地区流行.
- 4. A pestilence overhangs the country.
- 瘟疫威胁着那个国家.
- 5. None so self - devoted as Hester when pestilence stalked through the town.
- 在镇上蔓延瘟疫的时候,谁也没有海丝特那样忘我地献身.