smallpox

英 ['smɔːlpɒks] 美 ['smɔl'pɑks]
  • n. [内科] 天花

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. He gave money to the World Health Organisation to help defeat smallpox.
他向世界卫生组织提供资金以帮助消灭天花。

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2. In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.
1742年,他染上了致命的天花.

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3. A new outbreak of smallpox occurred in 1928.
1928年爆发了新一轮的天花.

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4. Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child?
你小时候打过天花疫苗 吗 ?

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5. Cases of smallpox are becoming rare.
天花病例日益罕见.

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