adj. 1.传染性的；得了疫病的。 2.有毒的，有害的；危险的；邪恶的，危害社会的。 3.〔美口〕讨厌的，烦死人的，纠缠不休的。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
Example Sentences:
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The magazines were all brissenden had said they were and more . well , he was done , he solaced himself . he had hitched his wagon to a star and been landed in a pestiferous marsh 好了，他的歌已经唱完了，他安慰自己，他赶了自己的马车去追求一颗星星，却落进了疫病蒸腾的泥沼里。
2.
That comed - as you call it - of being arrant asses , retorted the doctor , and not having sense enough to know honest air from poison , and the dry land from a vile , pestiferous slough “就因为一像你们说的像头蠢驴， ”大夫反驳道， “连新鲜空气和瘴气，干燥的土地和臭泥潭都分不出来。
3.
At that hour of the night the narrow , damp well of a court , with its pestiferous water closets , its fountain , its back view ot the kitchen stove and the collection of plants with which the portress used to litter the place , was drenched in dark mist ; but the two walls , rising pierced with windows on either hand , were flaming with light , since the property room and the firemen s office were situated on the ground floor , with the managerial bureau on the left , and on the right and upstairs the dressing rooms of the company 这时候，狭窄的院子很潮湿，乍看上去像一口井的井底，周围是臭气熏人的厕所，水头，厨房的炉灶，还有女门房胡乱堆放在那里的草木。这一切统统笼罩在黑色烟雾之中然而，开在两堵墙上的各扇窗户里面却灯火辉煌。楼下是存放道具的仓库和消防处，左边是办公室右边和楼上是演员化妆室。
