small.pox

smallpox的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈsmɔ:lˌpɔks]
KK音标发音： [ˈsmɔlˌpɑks]

smallpox的词性：
n.（名词）

1. An acute, highly infectious, often fatal disease caused by a poxvirus and characterized by high fever and aches with subsequent widespread eruption of pimples that blister, produce pus, and form pockmarks.Also called variola
天花：一种严重的，传染性强，常常引起死亡的疾病，由痘病毒而引起，症状为高烧和剧痛，接下来是大面积地起斑点，这些斑点会起水疱、化脓或出麻子也作 variola