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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