| 单词 | plague house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplague house plague house n. now archaic and historical a house marked as having inmates infected with the plague. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > plague or pestilence > [noun] > place infected with plague house1665 plague spot1861 1665 S. Pepys Diary 28 June (1972) VI. 141 Observing several plague-houses in Kings-street. 1729 W. Nelson Office & Authority of Justice of Peace 195 He [sc. the Constable] may command any Person infected to keep within his Plague House; and if after such Command he willfully go abroad, having a Sore upon him, 'tis Felony. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xv. 282 How long have I..shunned it like a great plague-house! 2003 Brockville (Ont.) Recorder & Times (Nexis) 17 June a6 SARS..turned Toronto into the travellers' equivalent of a plague house. < as lemmas |
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