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
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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"
例句
用作名词 (n.)
A pestilence was raging in that area. 瘟疫正在那个地方流行。
There is the source of the recurring pestilence. 那里是一再发生瘟疫的策源地。
美
['pestɪləns]
