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单词 blighter
释义

blight /blīt/

noun
  1. A disease in plants which shrivels or withers them
  2. A fungus, insect, or other cause of blight
  3. Anything that injures, destroys, depresses or frustrates
  4. A blighted state, decay, a setback, a check
transitive verb
  1. To affect with blight
  2. To shrivel
  3. To frustrate
ORIGIN: Origin obscure; perh connected with bleach, bleak1

blightˈed adjective

  1. Affected with blight
  2. Spoiled, ruined
  3. (of a usu urban area) becoming a slum

blightˈer noun

  1. A term of (usu playful) abuse, scamp, beggar, wretch (informal)
  2. A cause of blighting

blightˈing noun and adjective

blightˈingly adverb

planning blight

A fall in value, and consequent neglect, of property in an area, caused by uncertainty about its planned future
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