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1. Oxford Dictionary

   plague

   • IPA[pleɪɡ]

   英式

   • n.
     a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague).；any contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people
   • v.
     cause continual trouble or distress to；pester or harass (someone) continually

   • noun: plague, plural noun: plagues

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague).
   • ▪ any contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people diseases like smallpox wiped out the indigenous people in a succession of plagues 同義詞 disease, sickness, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, the Black Death, ... 更多contagious disease, contagion, epidemic, pandemic, archaicpestilence, the pest, murrain
   • 2. an unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage a plague of locusts 同義詞 huge number, infestation, epidemic, invasion, influx, ... 更多swarm, multitude, host
   • 3. a thing causing trouble or irritation staff theft is usually the plague of restaurants 同義詞 bane, curse, scourge, affliction, blight, ... 更多cancer, canker
   • ▪ archaic used as a curse a plague on all their houses!

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. cause continual trouble or distress to he has been plagued by ill health 同義詞 afflict, bedevil, cause suffering to, torture, torment, ... 更多trouble, beset, dog, curse, rack
   • ▪ pester or harass (someone) continually he was plaguing her with questions 同義詞 pester, harass, badger, bother, torment, ... 更多persecute, bedevil, harry, hound, disturb, trouble, be a nuisance to, keep after, irritate, worry, nag, annoy, vex, molest, mither, informalhassle, bug, aggravate, give someone a hard time, drive up the wall, drive round the bend, devil, ride