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plague 音标拼音: [pl'eg] n. 瘟疫,麻烦,灾祸
vt. 折磨,使苦恼,使得灾祸 瘟疫,麻烦,灾祸折磨,使苦恼,使得灾祸 plague 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 swarm of insects that attack plants; " a plague of grasshoppers" [ synonym: { infestation}, { plague}] 4: any large scale calamity ( especially when thought to be sent by God) 5: an annoyance; " those children are a damn plague" v 1: cause to suffer a blight; " Too much rain may blight the garden with mold" [ synonym: { blight}, { plague}] 2: annoy continually or chronically; " He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; " This man harasses his female co- workers" [ synonym: { harass}, { hassle}, { harry}, { chivy}, { chivvy}, { chevy}, { chevvy}, { beset}, { plague}, { molest}, { provoke}] Plague \ Plague\, n. [ L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to Gr. ?, fr. ? to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf. { Plaint}.] 1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail. -- Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster] The different plague of each calamity. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague. " A plague upon the people fell." -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] { Cattle plague}. See { Rinderpest}. { Plague mark}, { Plague spot}, a spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something incurable. [ 1913 Webster]
Plague \ Plague\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Plagued}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Plaguing}.] 1. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. [ 1913 Webster] Thus were they plagued And worn with famine. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass. [ 1913 Webster] She will plague the man that loves her most. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy; tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex. [ 1913 Webster] 181 Moby Thesaurus words for " plague": afflict, affliction, aggravate, aggravation, ail, ambulatory plague, anguish, annoy, annoyance, apply pressure, badger, bait, bane, be at, be the matter, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, bevy, bitch, black death, black plague, blandish, blight, bother, bristle, brown off, bubonic plague, bug, bugbear, bullyrag, burden, burn up, buttonhole, cajole, calamity, cellulocutaneous plague, chafe, charm, chevy, chivy, cloud, coax, complicate matters, concern, covey, crawl with, creep with, crushing burden, curse, death, defervescing plague, destruction, devil, discommode, discompose, disease, distemper, distress, disturb, dog, drag, dun, epidemic, epiphytotic, epizootic, evil, exasperate, exercise, exert pressure, fash, flight, flock, fret, gaggle, gall, get, glandular plague, gnaw, grievance, gripe, harass, harm, harry, hassle, haunt, headache, heckle, hector, hemorrhagic plague, hive, hound, importune, inconvenience, infest, infestation, infliction, invade, invasion, irk, irritate, irritation, larval plague, lousiness, miff, molest, murmuration, murrain, nag, nag at, needle, nemesis, nettle, nudzh, nuisance, open wound, overrun, overrunning, overspread, overspreading, overswarm, overswarming, pandemia, pandemic, peeve, perplex, persecute, perturb, pest, pester, pesthole, pestilence, pick on, pique, plague spot, pluck the beard, ply, pneumonic plague, pother, premonitory plague, press, pressure, provoke, push, put out, put to it, puzzle, ravage, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, running sore, scourge, septicemic plague, siderating plague, skein, spring, swarm, swarm with, swarming, tease, teeming, thorn, torment, torture, trouble, try the patience, tuberculosis, tweak the nose, urge, vex, vexation, visitation, watch, wheedle, white plague, woe, work on, worryPlague a " stroke" of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement ( Num. 11: 33; 14: 37; 16: 46- 49; 2 Sam. 24: 21). Painful afflictions or diseases, ( Lev. 13: 3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8: 37), or severe calamity ( Mark 5: 29; Luke 7: 21), or the judgment of God, so called ( Ex. 9: 14). Plagues of Egypt were ten in number. ( 1.) The river Nile was turned into blood, and the fish died, and the river stank, so that the Egyptians loathed to drink of the river ( Ex. 7: 14- 25). ( 2.) The plague of frogs ( Ex. 8: 1- 15). ( 3.) The plague of lice ( Heb. kinnim, properly gnats or mosquitoes; comp. Ps. 78: 45; 105: 31), " out of the dust of the land" ( Ex. 8: 16- 19). ( 4.) The plague of flies ( Heb. arob, rendered by the LXX. dog- fly), Ex. 8: 21- 24. ( 5.) The murrain ( Ex. 9: 1- 7), or epidemic pestilence which carried off vast numbers of cattle in the field. Warning was given of its coming. ( 6.) The sixth plague, of " boils and blains," like the third, was sent without warning ( Ex. 9: 8- 12). It is called ( Deut. 28: 27) " the botch of Egypt," A. V.; but in R. V., " the boil of Egypt." " The magicians could not stand before Moses" because of it. ( 7.) The plague of hail, with fire and thunder ( Ex. 9: 13- 33). Warning was given of its coming. ( Comp. Ps. 18: 13; 105: 32, 33). ( 8.) The plague of locusts, which covered the whole face of the earth, so that the land was darkened with them ( Ex. 10: 12- 15). The Hebrew name of this insect, _arbeh_, points to the " multitudinous" character of this visitation. Warning was given before this plague came. ( 9.) After a short interval the plague of darkness succeeded that of the locusts; and it came without any special warning ( Ex. 10: 21- 29). The darkness covered " all the land of Egypt" to such an extent that " they saw not one another." It did not, however, extend to the land of Goshen. ( 10.) The last and most fearful of these plagues was the death of the first- born of man and of beast ( Ex. 11: 4, 5; 12: 29, 30). The exact time of the visitation was announced, " about midnight", which would add to the horror of the infliction. Its extent also is specified, from the first- born of the king to the first- born of the humblest slave, and all the first- born of beasts. But from this plague the Hebrews were completely exempted. The Lord " put a difference" between them and the Egyptians. ( See { PASSOVER}.)
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