blightとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: blīt, IPA^(key): /blaɪt/
• 韻: -aɪt
• Homophone: blite

名詞

blight (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 blights)

1. (phytopathology) A rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs.
2. The bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.
3. (by extension) Anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life.

派生語

• blighten

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動詞

blight (三人称単数 現在形 blights, 現在分詞 blighting, 過去形および過去分詞形 blighted)

1. (transitive) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
   • 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c

     [This vapour] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to Men.

2. (intransitive) To suffer blight.

   This vine never blights.

3. (transitive) To spoil, ruin, or destroy (something).

   Those obscene tattoos are going to blight your job prospects.

   • 1814, Lord Byron, The Corsair

     that lone and blighted bosom sears

   • 1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “Lady Milborough as Ambassador”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume I, London: Strahan and Company, publishers, […], OCLC 1118026626, page 81:

     I need hardly explain to you that if you persist in this refusal you and I cannot continue to live together as man and wife. All my hopes and prospects in life will be blighted by such a separation.

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