influenza
英 [ˌɪn.fluˈen.zə]
美 [ˌɪn.fluˈen.zə]
- n. [内科] 流行性感冒(简写flu);家畜流行性感冒
influenza 流感in-,进入,使,-flu,流动,词源同fluid,fluent.引申词义传染性疾病,现用于指流感。
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influenza: see flu
- influenza (n.)
- 1743, borrowed during an outbreak of the disease in Europe, from Italian influenza "influenza, epidemic," originally "visitation, influence (of the stars)," from Medieval Latin influentia (see influence). Used in Italian for diseases since at least 1504 (as in influenza di febbre scarlattina "scarlet fever") on notion of astral or occult influence. The 1743 outbreak began in Italy. Often applied since mid-19c. to severe colds.
- 1. Every year new strains of influenza develop.
- 每年都有新的流感病毒出现。
- 2. They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.
- 他们采取措施阻止流感的传播.
- 3. The last attack of influenza has left me rather groggy.
- 上次患流行性感冒后使我至今软弱无力.
- 4. Influenza proliferated throughout the country.
- 流感在全国蔓延.
- 5. Influenza is an infectious disease.
- 流感是一种传染病.