Blight



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.植物枯萎病; v.使...枯萎
• ［英］ n.植物枯萎病 ( any of several plant diseases) ; v.使...枯萎 ( wither)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: b－light, 植物无光便枯萎
• ［例］ A blight spread across the field of grain.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 1578
• 1.
  • a. a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (as leaves and tubers)
  • b. an organism (as an insect or a fungus) that causes blight
• 2. something that frustrates plans or hopes
• 3. something that impairs or destroys
• 4. a deteriorated condition <urban blight>

II. verb

• Date: 1664
• transitive verb
  • 1. to affect (as a plant) with blight
  • 2. to impair the quality or effect of <the condition that has blighted his son's life — Patricia Guthrie>
• intransitive verb
  • to suffer from or become affected with blight

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