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词组 pox
释义
pox
1. noun
1
syphilis; hence any sexually transmitted infection. Altered spelling of 'pocks', originally applied to the pustules of any eruptive disease UK, 1503.
2
marijuana; hashish UK, 1996.
3
opium; heroin US, 1942
2. verb
to spoil something. From an earlier sense, 'to infect with syphilis' UK, 1802

(a) pox on (someone or something)

dated May someone or something be cursed! A pox on these fools that would stand in my way! Ugh, I've been filling in the wrong form—pox on these confusing tax laws!

pox on someone or something

Fig. A curse on someone or something! (Old. Now usually jocular.) A pox on you, you creep! I've been trying to make this computer work all day. A pox on it!
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