plague /pleig/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has…
• (n.) any epidemic disease with a high death rate
• (n.) any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)

Chinese translation

• n. 瘟疫, 天罚, 麻烦, 灾祸
• vt. 折磨, 使苦恼, 使得灾祸

Word details

Part of speech

verb / noun

Pronunciation

/pleig/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.89 · Super Rare

Word forms

plagued, plaguing, plagues

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