polio

• n. 小儿麻痹症（等于poliomyelitis）；脊髓灰质炎

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英文词源

polio

polio: [20] Polio is an abbreviation of poliomyelitis [19], a term coined in modern Latin from Greek poliós ‘grey’ and muelós ‘marrow’ (a derivative of mūs ‘muscle’) – hence ‘inflammation of the ‘grey matter’ of the spinal chord’

polio (n.)

1911, abbreviation of poliomyelitis.

双语例句

1. The first authoritative study of polio was published in 1840.

关于小儿麻痹症的第一篇权威性研究报告发表于1840年。

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2. He dragged a foot when he walked, a leftover from polio.

他走路时一瘸一拐的，那是小儿麻痹的后遗症。

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3. He wore leg braces after polio in childhood.

他幼时得过小儿麻痹症后双腿安上了支架。

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4. Polio was then endemic among children my age.

那时小儿麻痹症在我这个年纪的孩子中很常见。

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5. He was crippled by polio as a child.

他幼年患过小儿麻痹症，结果腿就瘸了。

来自《权威词典》