| 词汇 | black-death |
| 释义 | Black Death noun[ S ] uk /ˌblæk ˈdeθ/ us /ˌblæk ˈdeθ/ the Black Death a disease that killed an extremely large number of people in Europe and Asia in the 14th century, usually thought to be a form of bubonic plague, a very infectious disease caused by bacteria spread mainly by fleas (=small insects that bite) on rats or other animals, that causes swelling, fever, and usually death in humans : 黑死病（14世纪在欧洲和亚洲造成大批人口死亡的传染病） In the 14th century, crop failures, war, and the onset of the Black Death all reduced the population by between a half and a third. In the period following the Black Death there was an acute shortage of labour. In the book she gives an intimate portrait of what it was like to live and die during the Black Death. In the visual arts, the Black Death inspired a new emphasis on the realistic depiction of human suffering. Until AIDS, most of us thought of catastrophic plagues like the Black Death and the Spanish-flu epidemic of 1918 as things of the past. Middle Ages (medieval Period) 501-1500 alchemy Anglo-Saxon bestiary bubonic plague byzantine chivalric chivalrous Hijrah joust Lancastrian mangonel mead hall mediaeval Norman pre-Columbian pre-feudal Romanesque the Norman Conquest troubadour Yorkist You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Fevers & infectious diseases But with the ravages of the Black Death and the decrease of population labour at once became scarce and dear. One of the proctors who started with him to Rome died on the way of the Black Death. The fearful epidemic, known as the Black Death, which devastated Europe in that century, seems to have aggravated the haunting terror of the invisible world of demons. The most striking example was in the half-century after the Black Death, which carried off nearly half the population. We heard of it in a helpless sort of way, as if it had been the plague or the Black Death, and thought of its victims as doomed. Black Death | American DictionaryBlack Death noun us/ˈblæk ˈdeθ/ world history a serious disease that killed a great many people in Africa, Asia, and Europe in the fourteenth century; the plague |
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