名詞 plague:

1. 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
   同義詞：pestilence, pest, pestis
2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
   同義詞：pestilence, pest
3. a swarm of insects that attack plants
   同義詞：infestation
4. any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
5. an annoyance

動(dòng)詞 plague:

1. cause to suffer a blight
   同義詞：blight
2. annoy continually or chronically
   同義詞：harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, molest, provoke

1. He's been avoiding me like the plague since our quarrel.
   我們吵架以後，他一直如避蛇蝎似的躲著我。
2. Plenty is no plague.
   [諺]多多益善。
3. Plague came in the wake of earthquake.
   地震之后緊跟著就是瘟疫。
4. The plague has broken out.
   突然發(fā)生了鼠疫。
5. A great plague was then raging in the city.
   那時(shí)一場(chǎng)大瘟疫正在該城肆虐。

plague

n.（名詞）
A widespread affliction or calamity, especially one seen as divine retribution.
瘟疫，禍患：廣泛的苦難或?yàn)?zāi)禍，特別是被認(rèn)為神的懲罰的
A sudden destructive influx or injurious outbreak:
突然的災(zāi)害：一種突發(fā)性破壞的匯集或有害的爆發(fā)：
例句：
a plague of locusts; a plague of accidents.
蝗蟲災(zāi)害；不測(cè)之災(zāi)

A cause of annoyance; a nuisance:
紛擾：引起厭煩的原因；令人頭痛的事：
例句：
.the plague of social jabbering.(George Santayana)
.社交閑談造成的紛擾.(喬治·桑塔亞那)

A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
瘟疫，傳染病：一種高度傳染且經(jīng)常是致命的瘟疫，特別指淋巴腺鼠疫
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
plagued,plagu.ing,plagues
To pester or annoy persistently or incessantly.See Synonyms at harass
使苦惱，煩擾：經(jīng)常不斷地打擾或煩擾參見 harass
To afflict with or as if with a disease or calamity:
使遭殃，困擾：被或似乎被某種疾病或?yàn)?zāi)難折磨：
例句：
.Runaway inflation further plagued the wage- or salary-earner.(Edwin O. Reischauer)
.失控的通貨膨脹加深了工薪階層的痛苦.(埃德溫O.賴肖爾)

來源：
Middle English plage [blow, calamity, plague]
中古英語 plage [打擊，災(zāi)難，災(zāi)禍]
from Late Latin pl3ga
源自 后期拉丁語 pl3ga
from Latin [blow, wound] * see pl3k- 2
源自 拉丁語 [災(zāi)難，受傷] *參見 pl3k- 2
V., Middle English plaghen
動(dòng)詞， 中古英語 plaghen
from Middle Dutch
源自 中古荷蘭語
from plaghe [plague]
源自 plaghe [災(zāi)害]
from Late Latin pl3ga
源自 后期拉丁語 pl3ga

【引伸】
plagu.er
n.（名詞）