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单词 pestilent
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pes•ti•lent /ˈpɛstələnt/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Pathologyof or relating to pestilence.
  2. Pathologydestructive to life;
    deadly.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pes•ti•lent  (pes′tl ənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Pathologyproducing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease;
    pestilential.
  2. Pathologydestructive to life;
    deadly;
    poisonous.
  3. injurious to peace, morals, etc.;
    pernicious.
  4. troublesome, annoying, or mischievous.
  • Latin pestilent- (stem of pestilēns) unhealthy, noxious, alteration of pestilentus, equivalent. to pesti- (stem of pestis) pest + -lentus -lent
  • Middle English 1350–1400
pes′ti•lent•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pestilent /ˈpɛstɪlənt/ adj
  1. annoying; irritating
  2. highly destructive morally or physically; pernicious
  3. infected with or likely to cause epidemic or infectious disease
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin pestilens unwholesome, from pestis plague

ˈpestilently adv
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