coma

英['kəʊmə] 美['komə]
  • n. [医] 昏迷;[天] 彗形像差
  • n. (Coma)人名;(法、西)科马

词态变化


复数: comas;

助记提示


1. 音:磕懵、磕懵儿。
2. comet, acomia => Greek kome "hair of the head" => coma.
3. 谐音“嗑麻”-----嗑了麻药,昏迷过去了。
4. 软件:BitComet(比特彗星)。

中文词源


coma 昏迷

来自PIE*kei, 躺,睡,词源同home.

英文词源


coma (n.1)
state of prolonged unconsciousness, 1640s, from Latinized form of Greek koma (genitive komatos) "deep sleep," which is of uncertain origin. A term for "coma" in Middle English was false sleep (late 14c.).
coma (n.2)
"head of a comet," 1765, from Latin coma, from Greek kome "hair of the head," which is of unknown origin. Earlier in English as a botanical term for a tuft of hairs (1660s).

双语例句


1. She had slipped into a coma by the time she reached hospital.
到医院时,她已陷入昏迷。

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2. He is in a coma and on a life-support machine.
他处于昏迷中,靠呼吸机维持生命。

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3. That night he sank into a deep coma.
那晚他陷入了深度昏迷。

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4. He found her in a diabetic coma.
他发现她糖尿病发作昏了过去。

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5. I found her in a coma, totally unresponsive.
我发现她昏倒了,完全失去了知觉。

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