n.
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
同义词：plaguepestpestis
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
同义词：plaguepest
a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
"racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"
同义词：canker
Old and New Pestilences
Old and New Pestilences
The Pestilences of the Fourteenth Century in the Diocese of York
The Structure of Plagues and Pestilences in Early Modern Europe
The medical identification of some pestilences of the past.
The Identification of some Pestilences recorded in the Irish Annals.
Les oracles delphiques relatifs aux pestilences et Thucydide
The Structure of Plagues and Pestilences in Early Modern Europe: Central Europe, 1560-1640 (review)
The plague of the Philistines and other pestilences in the Ancient World: exploring relations between the religious-literary traditi...
'Early Medieval Epizootics and Landscapes of Disease: the Origins and Triggers of European Livestock Pestilences, 400-1000 CE'
