blight /ˈblaɪt/
 枯萎病(vt.)染上枯痿病,挫折(vi.)枯萎
 blight /ˈblaɪt/ 名詞
 枯萎病,疫病
 Blight v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blighting.]
 1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
    [This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man.   --Woodward.
 2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.
    Seared in heart and lone and blighted.   --Byron.
 Blight, v. i. To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights.
 Blight, n.
 1. Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.
 2. The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc.
 3. That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
    A blight seemed to have fallen over our fortunes.   --Disraeli.
 4. Zool. A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects.
 5. pl. A rashlike eruption on the human skin. [U. S.]
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 blight
      n 1: a state or condition being blighted
      2: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
      v : cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the
          garden with mold" [syn: plague]