| 释义 | late blight noun[ U ]
 botany USspecializeduk /ˈleɪt ˌblaɪt/ us /ˈleɪt ˌblaɪt/(UKblight)
 a disease that damages and kills plants: (植物的)枯萎病,疫病
 Late blight attacks potatoes, tomatoes, and other crops.晚疫病影响马铃薯、番茄和其他作物。
 Late blight has been described as the world's worst agricultural disease.
 It is so frustrating to nurture tomatoes all season long only to have them destroyed by late blight after the first fall rain.
 We have a real battle with late blight attacking the crop just before it ripens.
 In 1845, a plant disease known as late blight, caused by the fungus-like Phytophthora infestans, spread rapidly through the poorer communities of western Ireland.
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