pox
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pox /pɒks $ pɑːks/ noun old use 1 the pox old use a) the disease syphilis 梅毒（病） b) the disease smallpox 天花（病）2. a pox on somebody old use ANGRYused to show that you are angry or annoyed with someone 让某人倒大霉，叫某人见鬼去〔表示对某人生气或厌烦〕 → chicken pox
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pox• If it was a time of science and silks and gilded barges, it was also a time of pox.• Some pox formed in his throat and, unable to swallow, he died on March 22,1758.• Bills for gambling debts are stuffed beneath an overflowing chamber-pot and the Prince is surrounded by medications for indigestion and the pox.Origin pox (1300-1400) pocks, plural of pock “mark on the skin”, from Old English poccpox nounChinese
syphilis the disease Corpus
pox
pox /pɒks $ pɑːks/
noun old use
a. the disease syphilis
b. the disease smallpox
2. a pox on somebody used to show that you are angry or annoyed with someone
⇨ chicken pox
pox /pɒks $ pɑːks/
noun old use Date: 1300-1400
Origin: pocks, plural of pock 'mark on the skin', from Old English pocc
1. the poxOrigin: pocks, plural of pock 'mark on the skin', from Old English pocc
a. the disease syphilis
b. the disease smallpox
2. a pox on somebody used to show that you are angry or annoyed with someone
⇨ chicken pox