1. 定义与词性：
’pox’是一个名词，一般指传染病，尤指天花病或痘疮。也可以是一个缩写词，例如”chickenpox” (水痘)或者 “smallpox” (天花)等。
例句：
- The pox was a highly contagious disease that swept through Europe in the 17th century.
- She was afraid to go outside because she might catch chickenpox from the other kids.
- He was vaccinated against smallpox before traveling to the developing country.
- The pox outbreak in the village was contained with the help of doctors and quarantine measures.
- The history of pox diseases dates back to ancient times.
2. 表示贬义：
’pox’也可以用来表示一种不好的事物或状况，常常带有贬义。
例句：
- This job is a pox on my life.
- The pox of addiction has plagued her for years.
- The pox of poverty is a reality for many people in the world.
- The pox of corruption has infected the government at all levels.
- The pox of greed has blinded people to the needs of others.
3. 可以作为动词：
’pox’也可以用作动词，表示受到传染病的感染。
例句：
- He was poxed with chickenpox when he was a child.
- They were poxed with smallpox while traveling in the remote areas of Africa.
- She avoided poxing herself by getting vaccinated before traveling to the endemic region.
- He was unlucky enough to be poxed with both chickenpox and measles within the same month.
- The pox epidemic poxed thousands of people in the city.
4. 词源与文化：
’pox’这个词源最初是来自拉丁文的”pustula”，意思是”脓疱”。在欧洲中世纪和文艺复兴时期，天花病和淋巴结核等传染病流行，这个词被广泛使用来表示这类疾病。在现代英语中，’pox’已经扩展到形容其他的不良事件和状况。
例句：
- The pox has been a recurring theme in literature and art, reflecting the impact of the disease on society.
- The origin of the pox epidemic is still a subject of debate among historians and epidemiologists.
- The pox outbreaks in the 18th century led to the development of vaccination as a preventive measure.
- The pox metaphor is often used in political discourse to describe corruption and other social ills.
- The pox has been eradicated through global vaccination programs, but the threat of bioterrorism persists.
pox的中文翻译为天花，读音为/pɑks/。
例句：
1. The pox raed Europe in the Middle Ages.（天花在中世纪肆虐于欧洲。）
2. He contracted the pox when he was traveling in Africa.（他在非洲旅行时染上了天花。）
pox的中文解释是”发疹的疾病、医”，其次还有”痘”的意思，发音是[p?ks]，pox常被用作名词，在《郎文当代高级英语辞典》中，共找到70个与pox相关的句子。
1.发疹的疾病
例句:It’s been like that since we first survived the pox. Now come on. (一直喜欢的 因为我们第一次 幸存下来的痘 现在就来)
2.医
例句:Chicken pox (or varicella): Contagious viral disease producing itchy Blisters. (水痘：传染性病毒病，其特征为皮肤出现水泡。)
3.痘
例句:The virus was first identified in the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1958 during an investigation into a pox-like disease among monkeys. (xx年，在对一种猴子中出现的痘类疾病的调查中，丹麦哥本哈根的国家血清研究所首次发现了这种病毒。)
4.疹、痘
例句:Here’s the selectivity index numbers — against pox, you saw 10s and 20s — now against flu viruses, compared to the ribavirin controls, we have an extraordinarily high activity. (翻译:这是选择性指数数量—— 你看到10-20——抗流感病毒， 与核苷对照相比， 我们的有极高的活性。)
pox一般作为名词使用，如在the pox([网络] 瘟疫城)、dove pox(【兽医学】鸽痘)、fowl pox([医] 禽痘)等常见短语中出现较多。
the pox[网络] 瘟疫城dove pox【兽医学】鸽痘fowl pox[医] 禽痘gl pox[医] 乳白痘, 类天花goat pox山羊痘hen pox[医] 鸡痘horse pox[医] 马痘Kaffir pox[网络] 卡菲尔痘milk pox[网络] 牛奶痘痘monkey pox猴痘1. The virus was first identified in the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1958 during an investigation into a pox-like disease among monkeys. (翻译:xx年，在对一种猴子中出现的痘类疾病的调查中，丹麦哥本哈根的国家血清研究所首次发现了这种病毒。)
2. Here’s the selectivity index numbers — against pox, you saw 10s and 20s — now against flu viruses, compared to the ribavirin controls, we have an extraordinarily high activity. (翻译:这是选择性指数数量—— 你看到10-20——抗流感病毒， 与核苷对照相比， 我们的有极高的活性。)
3. Chicken pox, boldness, mindlessness, mosquito sting, bug bite… (翻译:长水痘腹部鼓胀秃头头大没脑 大眼无神蚊叮虫咬…)
4. A pox o’ your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog! (翻译:你喉头会生疮 亵渎神明、乱咆哮的恶狗！)
5. His face was of a good open expression, but sunburnt very dark, and heavily freckled and pitted with the small-pox. (翻译:他的脸晒得很黑，密密麻麻地布满了雀斑和小麻点，露出一副优美坦白的表情。)
6. Wild birds have caught the canary pox virus, and penguins have been stricken by avian malaria. (翻译:野生鸟类感染了金丝雀痘病毒，企鹅也感染了禽疟。)
7. You never had chicken pox as a child. (翻译:你小时候没得过水痘 {cHFFFFFF}{3cH111111}{4cH111111}You never had chicken pox as a child.)
8. Swine pox, which belongs to the pox disease complex, is caused by two antigenically different poxviruses . (翻译:猪痘属于痘病群，是由两种抗原上不同的痘病毒引起的。)
9. Anyway, Philip Parker has chicken pox. (翻译:菲利普?帕克长了一身水痘 Anyway, Philip Parker has chicken pox.)
10. Here’s the selectivity index numbers — against pox, you saw 10s and 20s — now against flu viruses, compared to the ribavirin controls, we have an extraordinarily high activity. (翻译:这是选择性指数数量—— 你看到10-20——抗流感病毒， 与核苷对照相比， 我们的有极高的活性。)
11. Roundworm eggs, pox and Marek’s disease viruses, coccidia, and other infections materials can be carried on crates, footwear, and vehicles. (翻译:圆虫虫，痘和马立克氏病病毒，球虫及其他传染性物质，都可以由条板箱，鞋和运输工具携带。)
12. Philip Parker has chicken pox. (翻译:菲利普?帕克得水痘了 Philip Parker has chicken pox.)
13. Girls are liable to other distempers besides the small – pox. (翻译:女孩子们除了出天花还会出旁的毛病的。)
14. Pox-ridden harridan as broad in the beam as the old Victory at Trafalgar. (翻译:长满疱疹的老妇人臀部和特拉法加的胜利者一样肥大 Pox -ridden harridan as broad in the beam as the old Victory at Trafalgar.)
15. Vulnerable to predatorsDr Becki Lawson, from ZSL, said: “What’s different about this avian pox in this species is that the lesions can be very severe.” (翻译:极易受到捕食 伦敦动物学会的贝基。劳森博士说：“这个物种的禽痘的不同之处在于，病变可能非常严重。)
