any of several viral diseases producing a rash of pimples that become pus-filled and leave pockmarks on healing 痘,痘疮 ■(the pox)(informal)syphilis (非正式)梅毒 ■(the pox)(historical)smallpox (史)天花
常用词组 a pox on
(archaic)used to express anger or intense irritation with someone or something (古)(用于表达对人或物的愤怒)见鬼;该死 a pox on both their houses!. 让他们两家族都见鬼去!。
语源
late Middle English: alteration of pocks, plural of pock