the Black Death

noun

/ðə ˌblæk ˈdeθ/

[singular]

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the name used for the very serious disease that can spread very quickly, (called bubonic plague), which killed millions of people in Europe and Asia in the 14th century
CultureThe Black Death spread throughout Europe in 1348–51. It was spread by fleas carried by rats. People with the disease coughed up blood and got large painful black spots on their bodies, and usually died. It is thought that the Black Death killed about one third of the population of Europe.see also the Great Plague
Word Origina modern term (compare with earlier the (great) pestilence, great death, the plague), said to have been introduced into English history by Mrs Markham (pseudonym of Mrs Penrose) in 1823, and into medical literature by a translation of German der Schwarze Tod (1833).

单词	the Black Death
释义	the Black Death noun /ðə ˌblæk ˈdeθ/ /ðə ˌblæk ˈdeθ/ [singular] jump to other results the name used for the very serious disease that can spread very quickly, (called bubonic plague), which killed millions of people in Europe and Asia in the 14th century CultureThe Black Death spread throughout Europe in 1348–51. It was spread by fleas carried by rats. People with the disease coughed up blood and got large painful black spots on their bodies, and usually died. It is thought that the Black Death killed about one third of the population of Europe.see also the Great Plague Word Origina modern term (compare with earlier the (great) pestilence, great death, the plague), said to have been introduced into English history by Mrs Markham (pseudonym of Mrs Penrose) in 1823, and into medical literature by a translation of German der Schwarze Tod (1833).
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