allergy
英 [ˈæl.ə.dʒi]
美 [ˈæl.ɚ.dʒi]
allergy 过敏词根alle, 相异,不同。词根erg, 驱动,同urge, work.
- allergy
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allergy: [20] Allergy was borrowed from German allergie, which was coined in 1906 by the scientist C E von Pirquet. He formed it from Greek allos ‘other, different’ and érgon ‘work’ (source of English energy and related to English work). Its original application was to a changed physiological condition caused by an injection of some foreign substance.
=> energy, work
- allergy (n.)
- 1911, from German Allergie, coined 1906 by Austrian pediatrician Clemens E. von Pirquet (1874-1929) from Greek allos "other, different, strange" (see alias (adv.)) + ergon "activity" (see organ).
- 1. Allergy to cats is one of the commonest causes of asthma.
- 对猫类过敏是哮喘病发作最常见的诱因之一。
- 2. Frequently sufferers of this kind of allergy are also sufferers of asthma.
- 患有这种过敏症的人也经常会患有哮喘病。
- 3. I developed a temporary allergy to the company of couples.
- 我一时间很反感和情侣们在一起。
- 4. I have an allergy to animal hair.
- 我对动物毛过敏。
- 5. He developed an allergy to pollen.
- 他对花粉过敏.