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pestiferous

/pe-stif-er-uhs/US // pɛˈstɪf ər əs //UK // (pɛˈstɪfərəs) //

有害的,有虫害的,有害于人的,有虫害

Related Words

bothersome烦人的,烦人,麻烦的事,烦人的事contagious传染性,传染性的,传染性强,传染diseased患病的,有病的,有病,患病harmful有害的,有害,不利的infectious感染性,感染性的,传染性,传染性的noisome嘈杂的,嘈杂,嘈杂的声音,嘈杂声noxious有害的,有毒的,有害,有毒pernicious恶毒的,恶性,害人的,恶性的toxic有毒,有毒的,毒性,中毒unhealthy不健康的,不健康,不良,不卫生virulent烈性的,剧烈的,烈性,剧毒的pestilential瘟疫性,瘟疫,瘟疫性的,害人的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : spreading or bearing disease, especially deadly epidemic disease; pestilential: pestiferous rats.
    • : pernicious; evil: The wicked duke's pestiferous rule blighted the countryside.
    • : Informal. mischievous; troublesome or annoying: Those pestiferous boys won't leave my apple tree alone.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.annoying
Synonyms
bothersome烦人的,烦人,麻烦的事,烦人的事contagious传染性,传染性的,传染性强,传染diseased患病的,有病的,有病,患病harmful有害的,有害,不利的infectious感染性,感染性的,传染性,传染性的noisome嘈杂的,嘈杂,嘈杂的声音,嘈杂声noxious有害的,有毒的,有害,有毒pernicious恶毒的,恶性,害人的,恶性的pestilential瘟疫性,瘟疫,瘟疫性的,害人的toxic有毒,有毒的,毒性,中毒unhealthy不健康的,不健康,不良,不卫生virulent烈性的,剧烈的,烈性,剧毒的

Examples

  • I shall again breathe the pestiferous air of St. Stephen's Chappel.

  • No vegetables except moss and toadstool-like productions could exist in that airless and pestiferous region.

  • The air, too, was close and pestiferous, as if all the foul vapours had been forced up from the inward recesses of the hold.

  • The carpet bagger when not fighting the pestiferous vermin in the Chickahominy swamps was pilfering.

  • It is a region of stagnant waters, pestiferous exhalations, decrepit men, famished animals.

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