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pestilences

pestilences基本解释

疫病

pestilences英英释义

名词 pestilence:
  • 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