smallpox

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsmɔːlpɒks/    美 /ˈsmɔlpɑks/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks. uncountable,usually
    — The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.

词形变化

smallpoxes plural

词源

From small + pox, in contrast to greatpox (“syphilis”).
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