epidemic [形容詞] 流行性的;傳染的;極為流行的; [名詞] 流行病;(流行病)傳播;流行
epidemic
[.epi'demik]
n.流行病, 傳染病
adj.流行的, 傳染性的
例句與用法:
A flu epidemic raged through the school for weeks.
流感在這所學校裡蔓延了幾個星期。
The village is suffering from a cholera epidemic.
這個村莊正流行霍亂。
A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
瘟疫通常指一種致命的傳染病,尤指淋巴腺鼠疫
Football hooliganism is now reaching epidemic proportions.
足球比賽中恣意鬧事現在已經達到愈演愈烈的地步。
There has recently been an epidemic of crime in our major cities.
近來我們一些大城市中罪案頻繁。
I have an influenza epidemic.
我得了流行性感冒。
詞形變化:
副詞: epidemically | 異體字: epidemical |
英文解釋:
名詞 epidemic:
a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
形容詞 epidemic:
(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
同義詞
widespread | prevalent | plague | contagious | infectious | catching | outbreak | endemic | scourge | contagion | spate | wave | rash | craze | pestilence | wide-ranging | rampant | sweeping | rife |
反義詞
以上來源於大辭典