PLAGUE


Meaning of PLAGUE in English

(DISEASE) [noun] - a serious disease which kills many peopleCholera and plague have broken out in the wake of the disaster. [U]She published a history of the plagues which swept across Europe. [C]A plague of particular things is a large number of things which are unpleasant or likely to cause damage.Millions of trees are being attacked by a plague of insects in east and southern Africa.This week a documentary exposed the current plague of cockroaches in inner-city tower blocks.(humorous) A plague of journalists descended on the town.(esp. humorous) Something which is a plague on something is not wanted because it is annoying or causes trouble and difficulty.The biggest plague on the land is the ubiquitous personal stereo set, he said.The plague is bubonic plague.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.