n.

1. 瘟疫[C]
   Europe suffered many plagues in the Middle Ages.

   歐洲在中世紀屢屢遭受瘟疫。

2. 鼠疫[the S]
   The plague caused thousands of deaths.

   鼠疫造成數千人死亡。

3. 【口】天災，災難，禍患[C][（+of）]
   The stores had to cope with a plague of burglaries.

   商店不得不設法對付盜賊之災。

4. 【口】討厭的人（或事物）[C]
   That child is the plague of my life.

   那孩子成了我一輩子的煩惱。

vt.

1. 使染瘟疫
2. 使受災禍
   Famine has plagued these countries for years.

   這些國家遭受飢荒多年。

3. 【口】使苦惱；煩憂；折磨[（+with）]
   A severe back injury plagued him all his life.

   嚴重的背傷終身折磨著他。

n.

1. a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (see bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague).
2. an unusually large number of insects or animals infesting and causing damage to a place:
   a plague of locusts.

v.