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.
双语例句
1. He gave money to the World Health Organisation to help defeat smallpox.
他向世界卫生组织提供资金以帮助消灭天花。
来自柯林斯例句
2. In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.
1742年,他染上了致命的天花.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. A new outbreak of smallpox occurred in 1928.
1928年爆发了新一轮的天花.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child?
