名词
1. 瘟疫
Pestilence is any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people.
1. a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
e.g. racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation
according to him, I was the canker in their midst
Synonym: canker
2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
3. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal