epidemic

单词音标

epidemic音标[,epi\'demik]

汉语翻译

n. 传染病, 流行病

a. 流行的, 传染性的

【医】 流行病, [流行病]流行, 流行性的

词型变化

副词:epidemically异体字:epidemical

英语解释

名词 epidemic:

a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time

形容词 epidemic:

(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously

例句

A flu epidemic raged through the school for weeks.

流感在这所学校里蔓延了几个星期。

The village is suffering from a cholera epidemic.

这个村庄正流行霍乱。

A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.

瘟疫通常指一种致命的传染病，尤指淋巴腺鼠疫

Football hooliganism is now reaching epidemic proportions.

足球比赛中恣意闹事现在已经达到愈演愈烈的地步。

There has recently been an epidemic of crime in our major cities.

近来我们一些大城市中罪案频繁。

I have an influenza epidemic.

我得了流行性感冒。

详细解释

ep.i.dem.ic

adj.（形容词）

Spreading rapidly and extensively by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time:

流行性的：能够在一个地区或人群中迅速广泛地蔓延：

例句：

an epidemic outbreak of influenza.

流行性感冒的爆发性蔓延

Widely prevalent:

极为盛行的：

例句：

epidemic discontent.

普遍流行的不满情绪

n.（名词）

An outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely.

流行：传染病的迅速广泛传播和蔓延

A rapid spread, growth, or development:

迅速的传播、生长或发展：

例句：

an unemployment epidemic.

迅速扩散的失业

来源：

French épidémique

法语 épidémique

from épidémie [an epidemic]

源自 épidémie [流行病]

from Old French espydymie

源自 古法语 espydymie

from Medieval Latin epidômia

源自 中世纪拉丁语 epidômia

from Greek [prevalence of an epidemic disease]

源自 希腊语 [流行病的流行]

from epidômos [prevalent]

源自 epidômos [流行]

epi- [epi-]

epi- [前缀，表.在…之间，前.]

dômos [people] * see d3-

dômos [人们] *参见 d3-

【引伸】

ep.idem.ically

adv.（副词）