名詞 pox:

1. a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
   同義詞：syphilis, syph
2. a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks

1. Chicken pox is a common childhood sickness.
   水痘是一種常見的兒童期疾病。

pox

n.（名詞）
A disease such as chickenpox or smallpox, characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
痘，痘瘡：皮膚疾病，如水痘或天花，其特點(diǎn)為皮膚上生有膿瘡，并會(huì)留下痘痕
Syphilis.
梅毒
Archaic Misfortune and calamity.
【古語】 不幸，大災(zāi)大難

來源：
Alteration of pocks
pocks的變化
from Middle English [pl. of] pocke, pokke * see pock
源自 中古英語 [] pocke, pokke的復(fù)數(shù) *參見 pock