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单词 pox
释义 pox
I. \ˈpäks\ noun
(plural pox or poxes)
Etymology: alteration of pocks, plural of pock (I)
1.
 a. : any of various virus diseases characterized by pustules or eruptions — usually used in combination
  < chicken pox >
  < cowpox >
  < fowl pox >
 b. archaic : smallpox
 c. : syphilis — not often in formal use
  < most of them had a dose of clap or pox and some had a double dose — Bruce Siberts >
2. : an afflictive rash : repellent cluster : plague
 < a pox of garish neon lights — Robert Cahn >
 < a pox of jeering urchins — New Yorker >
 < the world … is covered by a pox of danger spots — New York Times >
— often used interjectionally
 < a pox on the girl — Virginia Woolf >
3.
 a. : a disease of sweet potatoes caused by actinomycetes of the genus Streptomyces and characterized by pitted lesions on the roots or tubers — called also soil rot
 b. : storage spot
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
archaic : to infect with a pox and especially with syphilis
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