首页pestiferouspestiferous的意思
pestiferous
英 [pe'stɪf(ə)rəs]美[pɛs'tɪfərəs]
- adj. 传播疾病的;有害的,毒害的;邪恶的
英文词源
- pestiferous (adj.)
- mid-15c., "mischievous, pernicious," figurative use of Latin pestiferus "that brings plague or destruction," variant of pestifer "bringing plague, destructive, noxious," from pestis "plague" (see pest) + ferre "carry" (see infer). Related: Pestiferously; pestiferousness.