plague
plague
意味(日本語)
疫病、ペスト、災い ◇L.plaga(＝打撃、けが、不運)
語源
- pla(n)g-, planct- : L.plangere=to beat, strike（たたく）
意味(英語)
- (noun) A widespread affliction or calamity, especially one seen as divine retribution.
- (noun) A sudden destructive influx or injurious outbreak: a plague of locusts; a plague of accidents.
- (noun) A cause of annoyance; a nuisance: "the plague of social jabbering” ( George Santayana).
- (noun) A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
- (noun) A highly fatal infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia (syn. Pasturella ) pestis, is transmitted primarily by the bite of a rat flea, and occurs in bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic forms.
例文
- Although the plague is a fact of history, one will find it difficult to locate anything more horrific than the pestilence that arrived that year in Europe.
語源が同じ単語を一緒に覚えよう
complain
complain
不平を言う、苦情を言う ◇L.com(＝強く)＋plangere(＝[胸を]たたく)
語源
- pla(n)g-, planct- : L.plangere=to beat, strike（たたく）
complainant
complainant
(法)原告、告訴人、不平(苦情)を言う人
語源
- pla(n)g-, planct- : L.plangere=to beat, strike（たたく）
【広告】
complaint
complaint
不平、苦情、愚痴
語源
- pla(n)g-, planct- : L.plangere=to beat, strike（たたく）
plaintiff
plaintiff
(法)原告、告訴人 ◇OF.plaintive、反対語 defendant
語源
- pla(n)g-, planct- : L.plangere=to beat, strike（たたく）
plaintive
plaintive
あわれな、泣き言を言う ◇OF.plaindre(＝嘆く、不平をこぼす)
語源
- pla(n)g-, planct- : L.plangere=to beat, strike（たたく）
plangent
plangent
(波などが)打ち寄せる、(鐘が)物悲しく響く
語源
- pla(n)g-, planct- : L.plangere=to beat, strike（たたく）