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.
实用例句
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.来自辞典例句
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.来自辞典例句
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.来自辞典例句
4. His face was scarred by small - pox.
他的脸上有天花疤痕.来自辞典例句
5. She had chicken - pox and was covered in spots.
