pes·ti·len·tial /ˌpɛstəˈlɛn(t)ʃəl/
(a.)瘟疫的,有害的,有惡臭的
pes·ti·len·tial /ˌpɛstəˈlɛnʧəl/ 形容詞
疫病的,發生流行病的
Pes·ti·len·tial a.
1. Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. “Sends the pestilential vapors.”
2. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.
So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin. --Jer. Taylor.
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pestilential
adj : likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a
pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift;
"plaguey fevers" [syn: pestilent, pestiferous, plaguey]