smallpox
英 ['sm??lp?ks]
美['sm?l'pɑks]
- n. [內科] 天花
暢通詞匯
英文詞源
- smallpox
- smallpox: see pox
- smallpox (n.)
- acute, highly contagious disease, 1510s, small pokkes, as distinguished from great pox "syphillis;" from small-pock "pustule caused by smallpox" (mid-15c.); see small (adj.) + pox. Compare French petite vérole. Fatal in a quarter to a third of unvaccinated cases.
雙語例句
- 1. He gave money to the World Health Organisation to help defeat smallpox.
- 他向世界衛生組織提供資金以幫助消滅天花。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.
- 1742年,他染上了致命的天花.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. A new outbreak of smallpox occurred in 1928.
- 1928年爆發了新一輪的天花.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child?
- 你小時候打過天花疫苗 嗎 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Cases of smallpox are becoming rare.
- 天花病例日益罕見.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》