英语词汇“plague”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

plagueplague1 /pleɪg/ ●○○ noun

ETYMOLOGYplague¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French plage, from Latin plaga hit, wound

1[uncountable] (also the plague) medicine a very infectious disease that produces high fever and swellings on the body, and often leads to death, especially bubonic plague: an outbreak of plague → see also Black Death2[countable, uncountable] medicine any disease that causes death and spreads quickly to a large number of people3a plague of rats/locusts etc. an uncontrollable and harmful increase in the numbers of a particular animal or insect4[singular] something bad that is very common: plague on Domestic violence is a plague on America. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French plage, from Latin plaga hit, wound] → see also avoid somebody/something like the plague at avoid (2)

noun | verb

plagueplague2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

plague

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	plague
	he, she, it	plagues
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	plagued
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have plagued
	he, she, it	has plagued
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had plagued
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will plague
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have plagued

Continuous Form
Present	I	am plaguing
	he, she, it	is plaguing
	you, we, they	are plaguing
Past	I, he, she, it	was plaguing
	you, we, they	were plaguing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been plaguing
	he, she, it	has been plaguing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been plaguing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be plaguing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been plaguing

COLLOCATIONS► plague somebody with something

The kids have been plaguing me with questions.

1to cause regular discomfort, suffering, or trouble to someone: Heavy rains continue to plague the state.2to annoy someone, especially by asking for something again and again: plague somebody with something The kids have been plaguing me with questions.