malaria

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n. 疟疾, 瘴气 [医] 疟[疾]

发音

US /məˈlɛəɹi.ə/
其它 /məˈlɛəɹi.ə/

词形变化

malarias 复数 malarias

教材释义与例句

名词

疟疾；瘴气

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

    疟疾

    可数 不可数 医学
  2. 2.

    Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.

    古体 可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

下位词 2

blackwater fever jungle fever

部分词 1

ague

相关短语

malaria mosquito 疟蚊 malaria mosquitos malaria net airport malaria vivax malaria 间日疟 falciparum malaria 恶性疟 knowlesi malaria

词源

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Introduced into English by the Scottish geologist John MacCulloch (1773–1835). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally “bad air”).

来源：wiktionary