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 .
[
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The different plague of each calamity . --
Shak .
[
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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 ,
worry Plague 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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