| 单词 | white plague |
| 释义 | white plague (once / 109439 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY white plague USAGE EXAMPLESIf ever a thriller rewarded a reader’s patience, it’s James Abel’s “White Plague.” Washington Post(Jan 15, 2015) “White Plague” is so believable it feels like the author is reporting actual events. Washington Times(Jan 06, 2015) "White Plague is a prominent disease and we proved that a particular bacterium was the cause of it." BBC(Aug 21, 2013) 1 n involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body 2Syn|Hyper consumption, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease T.B., TB, tuberculosis infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) n an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) Syn|Hypo|Hyper drug addiction alcohol addiction, alcoholism, drunkenness, inebriation habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms cocaine addictionan addiction to cocaine heroin addictionan addiction to heroin caffein addictionan addiction to caffein nicotine addictionan addiction to nicotine addiction, dependance, dependence, dependency, habituation being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
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