单词 | white plague |
释义 | white plague in British Englishnoun informal tuberculosis of the lungs white plague in American English US tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs white plague in American Englishnoun tuberculosis, esp. pulmonary tuberculosis Word origin [1865–70, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dunk, goulash, springboard, steamroller, tick-tack-toeExamples of 'white plague' in a sentence |
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