English for R&Dcourse

English for R&Dcourse

plague

plague
/pleɪg/
noun
plaguenoun
/pleɪg/чума
a disease that spreads quickly and kills many people
  • Many people died during the great plague.
  • Doctors did not understand how the plague spread.
From the textIn 1665, 100,000 people died from an illness called the plague.