单词 | blight |
释义 | blight —blightingly, adv. /bluyt/, n. 1. Plant Pathol. a. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. b. a disease so characterized. 2. any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration: Extravagance was the blight of the family. 3. the state or result of being blighted or deteriorated; dilapidation; decay: urban blight. v.t. 4. to cause to wither or decay; blast: Frost blighted the crops. 5. to destroy; ruin; frustrate: Illness blighted his hopes. v.i. 6. to suffer blight. [1605-15; of uncert. orig.] Syn. 2. curse, plague, scourge, bane. |
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