blight

verb

/blaɪt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they blight	/blaɪt/ /blaɪt/
he / she / it blights	/blaɪts/ /blaɪts/
past simple blighted	/ˈblaɪtɪd/ /ˈblaɪtɪd/
past participle blighted	/ˈblaɪtɪd/ /ˈblaɪtɪd/
-ing form blighting	/ˈblaɪtɪŋ/ /ˈblaɪtɪŋ/

noun

/blaɪt/

[uncountable, countable] any disease that kills plants, especially crops（农作物等的）疫病
- potato blight马铃薯疫病
- Many areas have been devastated by blights which destroyed cereal crops and vines.许多地区被摧毁谷类作物和葡萄藤的枯萎病摧毁了。
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- blight
- cereal
- crop
- genetically modified
- grain
- harvest
- monoculture
- organic
- staple
- yield
Topics Farmingc2
[singular, uncountable] blight (on somebody/something) something that has a bad effect on a situation, a person’s life or the environment（对局势、生活或环境）有害的事物，不利因素
- His death cast a blight on the whole of that year.他的死使那一整年都处在阴影之中。
- urban blight (= areas in a city that are ugly or not cared for well)城市里环境脏、乱、差的地区
- Her divorce was a great blight on her life.她的离婚是她生活中的一大败笔。

词源mid 16th cent. (denoting inflammation of the skin): of unknown origin.