单词 | plague-stricken |
释义 | > as lemmasplague-stricken b. In adjectives (usually with hyphen and past participle), as plague-infected, plague-ridden, plague-stricken, etc. ΚΠ 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. ii. 1699 A plague stuffed Cloake-bagge of all iniquitie. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 34/2 Nor Sword, nor Famine, nor Plague-poisoning Air. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 265 The People of London thought themselves so Plague-free now, that they were past all Admonitions. 1797 C. Smith Forest Boy in Elegiac Sonnets & other Poems II. 65 With the brave numerous dead He has fall'n on the plague-tainted shore. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xxxiii. 394 As in a plague-beleaguered town. 1852 H. W. Dulcken tr. I. L. Pfeiffer Visit Holy Land, Egypt, & Italy xii. 195 This was the first plague-stricken person I had seen... I could see no trace of the terrible disease, except a yellow appearance of the face. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Sept. 4/1 A plague-proof variety has alone survived. 1933 W. de la Mare Fleeting & Other Poems 27 Bring morning to blossom again Out of plague-ridden night. 1951 L. E. H. Whitby & M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) xviii. 303 Search for plague-infected rats is therefore an important part of public health work in ports and endemic areas. 1994 N.Y. Times 27 Sept. c4/6 Federal health officials advise the veterinarians to wear gloves and eye protection and masks when examining sick cats in plague-endemic areas. < as lemmas |
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