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词汇 rinderpest
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Definition of rinderpest in English:

rinderpest

noun ˈrɪndəpɛstˈrɪndərˌpɛst
mass nounVeterinary Medicine
  • An infectious disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by a paramyxovirus. It is characterized by fever, dysentery, and inflammation of the mucous membranes.

    〔兽医〕牛疫,牛瘟。亦称CATTLE PLAGUE

    Also called cattle plague
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Camels obviously evolved in an extremely harsh environment and are immune to diseases such as rinderpest and foot-and-mouth that afflict other mammals.
    • However, in 1880-81, when the British unintentionally introduced rinderpest (a cattle disease), the Maasai lost 80 percent of their stock.
    • It was not until rinderpest, or cattle plague, a highly fatal and contagious disease, wiped out seven per cent of the national herd between 1865 to 1867, that views on controlling animal disease changed, says Dr Woods.
    • Two devastating cattle diseases, rinderpest in 1896-7 and East Coast fever, which moved slowly through the country from 1904 to 1913, each killed as much as 80 per cent of the herds in some districts.
    • Here droughts, floods and locusts destroy crops and rinderpest kills cattle.

Phrases

  • before (or since) the rinderpest

    • A long time ago (or for a very long time)

      〈南非〉很久以前(或长期以来)

      some of us still remember that time before the rinderpest

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German, from Rinder 'cattle' + Pest 'plague'.

Definition of rinderpest in US English:

rinderpest

nounˈrindərˌpestˈrɪndərˌpɛst
Veterinary Medicine
  • An infectious disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by a paramyxovirus. It is characterized by fever, dysentery, and inflammation of the mucous membranes.

    〔兽医〕牛疫,牛瘟。亦称CATTLE PLAGUE

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, in 1880-81, when the British unintentionally introduced rinderpest (a cattle disease), the Maasai lost 80 percent of their stock.
    • Two devastating cattle diseases, rinderpest in 1896-7 and East Coast fever, which moved slowly through the country from 1904 to 1913, each killed as much as 80 per cent of the herds in some districts.
    • It was not until rinderpest, or cattle plague, a highly fatal and contagious disease, wiped out seven per cent of the national herd between 1865 to 1867, that views on controlling animal disease changed, says Dr Woods.
    • Camels obviously evolved in an extremely harsh environment and are immune to diseases such as rinderpest and foot-and-mouth that afflict other mammals.
    • Here droughts, floods and locusts destroy crops and rinderpest kills cattle.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German, from Rinder ‘cattle’ + Pest ‘plague’.

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