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单词 virulent
释义 vir·u·lent
\-nt\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin virulentus, from virus slimy liquid, poison, stench — more at virus
1. : characterized by rapid course, severity, and malignancy — used especially of a disease or infection
2. : extremely poisonous or venomous : deadly, noxious
 < those mosquitoes must have been particularly virulentFarmer's Weekly (South Africa) >
3. : bitter in enmity : full of malicious hatred : malignant
 < virulent hostility … thwarted him at every turn — Allen Nevins & H.S.Commager >
4. : objectionably and sometimes intolerably harsh or strong
 < the zeal for culture was equally virulent — T.S.Eliot >
 < wearing a virulent-purple bathrobe — Harold Brodkey >
 < a Mexican port stilled with plague … beneath the virulent sun — Sinclair Lewis >
5. : exhibiting virulence : able to overcome or break down the defensive mechanism of the host
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