allergy

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n. 变应性, 反感, 厌恶 [化] 变态反应; 变应性

发音

其它 /ˈæl.əɹ.d͡ʒi/
UK /ˈæl.ə.dʒi/
US /ˈæl.ɚ.d͡ʒi/
IN /əˈlɜ(ɾ)dʒi/

词形变化

allergies 复数 allergies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.

    过敏

    医学

    My dad can't live with pets because of an allergy.

  2. 2.

    A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.

    Specifically, hypersensitivity of class I in the modern classification thereof: the immunoglobulin E–mediated type.

    过敏

    医学
  3. 3.

    An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.

    比喻 非正式

    He has an allergy to reality TV.

词汇关系

名词

下位词 3

atopy food allergy serum sickness

相关短语

allergy salute allergy salutes total allergy syndrome oral allergy syndrome cold allergy [医] 寒冷变应性 food allergy 食物变态反应 water allergy mammalian meat allergy alpha-gal allergy lone-star-tick meat allergy red meat allergy tick-induced meat allergy tick meat allergy

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) German Allergiebor. English allergy Borrowed from German Allergie. Coined by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906 from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”), on the model of Energie.

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