blight /ˈblaɪt/
  枯萎病(vt.)染上枯痿病,挫折(vi.)枯萎
  blight /ˈblaɪt/ 名詞
  枯萎病,疫病
  Blight v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blighting.]
  1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
     [This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man.   --Woodward.
  2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.
     Seared in heart and lone and blighted.   --Byron.
  Blight, v. i. To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights.
  Blight, n.
  1. Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.
  2. The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc.
  3. That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
     A blight seemed to have fallen over our fortunes.   --Disraeli.
  4. Zool. A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects.
  5. pl. A rashlike eruption on the human skin. [U. S.]
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  blight
       n 1: a state or condition being blighted
       2: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
       v : cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the
           garden with mold" [syn: plague]