| 釋義 |
pestilence /'pestilans; 'pestBns/ n [C, U] (any kind of) fatal epidemic disease, esp bubonic plague. (任何一種)瘟疫; 惡疫(尤指腺鼠疫)。 pesti-lent /-ant; -ant/ pestilential /esti'lenfl; zpcstrcnjal/ adj 1 like a ~; carrying infection. 似瘟立的; 似惡疫的; 傳染的。 2 (colloq) extremely annoying or objectionable: (G)K其惱入的; 極討厭的; 最可京的： These pestilential flies/children give me no peace. 這些可惡的蒼蠅 (小孩子) 使我不得安寧。 |