blight

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /blaɪt/    美 /blaɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as floral organs, leaves, branches, or twigs, especially one caused by a fungus; a mildew, a rust, a smut. countable,uncountable
    — Proceed, inhuman Parent in thy Scorn; / Root up my Trees, vvith Blites deſtroy my Corn; / My Vineyards Ruin, and my Sheepfolds burn.
  2. The cause of such a condition, often unseen but believed to be airborne; specifically, a bacterium, a virus, or (especially) a fungus; also, an aphid which attacks fruit trees. countable,uncountable
  3. A state of cloudy, humid weather. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — And the youth stood by thy side and whispered to thee; and from his lips there came a reeking smoke, and in that smoke as in a blight the wings withered up.
  4. A diseased condition of the face or skin; specifically, bleeding under the conjunctiva of the eye, a form of skin rash, or a palsy of the face due to cold. broadly,countable,dated,uncountable
  5. Something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — But a blight had come over my existence, and I only visited these people for the sake of the information they might give me on the subject in which my interest was so terribly profound.
  6. A rundown and unsightly condition of an urban area; also, such an area. countable,figuratively,specifically,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To affect the fertility or growth of (a plant) with a blight (noun sense 1.1), especially one caused by a fungus; to blast, to mildew, to smut. transitive
    — But if it happens, as ſometimes it does, that this Vapour bears up along vvith it any noxious mineral Steams, it then blasts Vegetables, eſpecially thoſe vvhich are more young and tender: blights Corn and Fruits: and is ſometimes injurious even to Men vvho chance to be then abroad in the Fields.
  2. To affect (a body part) with a disease. broadly,dated,transitive
    — [B]lighted be the tongue / That names thy name without the honour due!
  3. To impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life); to damage, to ruin, to spoil. figuratively,transitive
    — Those obscene tattoos are going to blight your job prospects.
  4. Of a plant: to suffer blight (noun sense 1.1). intransitive
    — This vine never blights.

词形变化

blights plural blights present,singular,third-person blighting participle,present blighted participle,past blighted past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template blight infinitive blight first-person,present,singular blighted first-person,past,singular blight present,second-person,singular blightest archaic,present,second-person,singular blighted past,second-person,singular blightedst archaic,past,second-person,singular blights present,singular,third-person blighteth archaic,present,singular,third-person blighted past,singular,third-person blight plural,present blighted past,plural blight present,subjunctive blighted past,subjunctive blight imperative,present - imperative,past blighting participle,present blighted participle,past

词汇关系

下位词
alder blight American blight aphis-blight apple blight bean blight beet blight blister blight bur oak blight cane blight celery blight chestnut blight coffee blight collar blight early blight fireblight fire blight fusarium ear blight fusarium head blight green blight halo blight head blight kernel blight late blight leaf blight moth blight needle blight northern corn-leaf blight northern leaf blight oak blight peach blight pear blight pine blight potato blight rim blight sandy blight seedling blight southern blight Sphaeropsis blight spinach blight spur blight stamen blight stem blight stripe blight sun blight thread blight tomato blight twig blight walnut blight
衍生词
blight-beetle blight bird blight canker blighten blight in the eye blightscape blighty eye blight frictional blight functional blight Irish blight planning blight urban blight blighted blighter blighting blightingly unblight

词源

词源 1
The etymology of the noun is uncertain; suggested derivations include the following:
* possibly related to Middle English blichening (“mildew or rust on grain, blight”), possibly related to Middle English bliken (“to gleam, shine; to turn pale”), from Old English blīcan (“to shine, sparkle”) (whence modern English blike (“(obsolete) to gleam, shine”); also compare Old Norse blikna (“to grow pallid”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blīkan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”); or
* since sense 2.2 refers to a diseased condition of the skin, possibly from Middle English *bleighte, *bleȝte, from Old English blǣcþa (“leprosy”) (related to blǣċe (“an itching skin-disease”) and blǣċo (“leprosy; paleness”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blaik, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale; white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). If so, the word is a doublet of bleak.
The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 2
The etymology of the noun is uncertain; suggested derivations include the following:
* possibly related to Middle English blichening (“mildew or rust on grain, blight”), possibly related to Middle English bliken (“to gleam, shine; to turn pale”), from Old English blīcan (“to shine, sparkle”) (whence modern English blike (“(obsolete) to gleam, shine”); also compare Old Norse blikna (“to grow pallid”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blīkan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”); or
* since sense 2.2 refers to a diseased condition of the skin, possibly from Middle English *bleighte, *bleȝte, from Old English blǣcþa (“leprosy”) (related to blǣċe (“an itching skin-disease”) and blǣċo (“leprosy; paleness”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blaik, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale; white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). If so, the word is a doublet of bleak.
The verb is derived from the noun.
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