poxKK [pɑks] /pɑks/發音名詞1痘症、出疹性傳染病Researchers are studying how this pox spreads among farm animals.研究人員正在研究這種痘症如何在家畜之間傳播。2梅毒舊式口語Sailors in those days lived in constant fear of the pox.當年的水手長期活在對梅毒的恐懼之中。3禍害、毒瘤書面Corruption became a pox on the whole political system.貪腐成了整個政治體制的毒瘤。片語1該死、去他的舊式A pox on these endless forms and pointless regulations.這些沒完沒了的表格和無意義的規定,真是該死。