English to afrikaans meaning of

pox

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "pokke" is 'n aansteeklike siekte wat gekenmerk word deur pustels of uitbarstings op die vel, soos pokke of waterpokkies. Die term kan ook gebruik word om 'n vloek of beproewing te beskryf wat skade of moeilikheid veroorsaak, of 'n oorlas of ergernis. In sleng kan dit gebruik word as 'n uitroep van frustrasie of walging.

Sentence Examples

  1. He had a bulbous nose smothered with warts and scars, a sign he had recently survived the pox.
  2. The two figures flanking him approached as the pox survivor let him go and turned to the door.
  3. Waiting out the arthritis was like getting Eli back from the pox and then losing him again or worse yet, getting someone else.
  4. When Winston turned fitfully in the bed, she noticed what she should have seen before, had missed because of the darkness in the room, the blotchy puck-shaped red swellings that were a sure sign of the pox.
  5. She might have once been pretty, before she was marked by the pox.
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