acute, highly contagious disease, 1510s, small pokkes, as distinguished from great pox "syphillis;" from small-pock "pustule caused by smallpox" (mid-15c.); see small (adj.) + pox. Compare French petite vérole. Fatal in a quarter to a third of unvaccinated cases.
雙語例句
1. He gave money to the World Health Organisation to help defeat smallpox.
他向世界衛(wèi)生組織提供資金以幫助消滅天花。
來自柯林斯例句
2. In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.
1742年,他染上了致命的天花.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. A new outbreak of smallpox occurred in 1928.
1928年爆發(fā)了新一輪的天花.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child?