plague
noun/pleɪɡ/
/pleɪɡ/
Idioms - (also the plague)(also bubonic plague)[uncountable] a disease spread by rats that causes a high temperature, swellings (= areas that are larger and rounder than usual) on the body and usually death
腺鼠疫 - a decline in population following outbreaks of plague
瘟疫爆发后人口的下降
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsc1- Fleas spread plague from animals to humans.
跳蚤将鼠疫从动物传染给人类。 - Nearly a third of the population died in the Great Plague.
近三分之一的人口在伦敦大瘟疫中丧生。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bubonic
- great
- outbreak
- suffer
- spread
- be decimated by
- …
- break out
- start
- strike (something)
- …
- plague of
- a decline in population following outbreaks of plague
- [countable] any disease that spreads quickly and kills a lot of people
瘟疫；烈性传染病 - the plague of AIDS
艾滋病这种严重的传染病
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bubonic
- great
- outbreak
- suffer
- spread
- be decimated by
- …
- break out
- start
- strike (something)
- …
- plague of
- the plague of AIDS
- [countable] plague of something large numbers of an animal or insect that come into an area and cause great damage
（大批动物或昆虫肆虐造成的）灾害，祸患 - a plague of locusts/rats, etc.
蝗灾、鼠害等
Extra ExamplesTopics Insects, worms, etc.c2- The city is suffering a plague of rats.
这个城市正在闹鼠灾。 - The region has just suffered a plague of locusts.
该地区刚刚遭受了蝗灾。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bubonic
- great
- outbreak
- suffer
- spread
- be decimated by
- …
- break out
- start
- strike (something)
- …
- plague of
- a plague of locusts/rats, etc.
Word Originlate Middle English: Latin plaga ‘stroke, wound’, probably from Greek (Doric dialect) plaga, from a base meaning ‘strike’.
Idioms
avoid somebody/something like the plague
- (informal) to try very hard not to meet somebody, do something, etc.
像避瘟疫似的躲着某人（或某事物）；尽量避开某人（或某事物） - She's been avoiding me like the plague since the party last Saturday.
自从上周六的聚会之后，她就像躲避瘟疫一样躲着我。 - I hate office parties—I avoid them like the plague.
我讨厌办公室聚会——我像躲避瘟疫一样避开它们。
- She's been avoiding me like the plague since the party last Saturday.