pox

n. 痘；疹；发疹的疾病；瘟疫

中文词源

pox 梅毒

改写自中古英语pockes,痘痕，麻子，来自pocke,痘痕，麻子，-es,表复数，词源同pock,pocket.后用于指梅毒。

pox: pox: [16] Pox originated as an alternation of pocks, the plural of pock [OE]. This originally denoted a ‘pustule’, and later the ‘scar left by such a pustule, pock-mark’. Pox used to be a common term for ‘syphilis’, but today it is mainly found in compounds such as chickenpox [18] (possibly a reference to the comparative mildness of the disease) and smallpox [16] (so called to distinguish it from the great pox, syphilis).
=> pock, pocket
pox (n.): late 15c., spelling alteration of pockes, plural of pocke (see pock (n.)). Especially (after c. 1500) of syphilis.

1. A confluent small - pox had in all directions flowed over his face.: 天花打四面八方汇合拢来,布满了他整个脸孔.

2. Your papa's got the small - pox, and you know it precious well.: 你爸爸得的是天花, 你知道的比谁都清楚.

3. Girls are liable to other distempers besides the small - pox.: 女孩子们除了出天花还会出旁的毛病的.