outbreak

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n. 爆发, 暴动 [医] 暴发

发音

US /ˈaʊtbɹeɪk/

词形变化

outbreaks 复数 outbreaks outbreaketh outbreaking outbreaks 三单 outbroke outbroken outbreaking 现在分词 outbroke 过去式 outbroken 过去式 outbroken 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

（战争的）爆发；（疾病的）发作

动词

爆发

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.

    爆发

    Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic.

  2. 2.

    A sudden increase.

    激增

    There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.

  3. 3.

    An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.

    一系列

    突发事端

    比喻

    There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.

  4. 4.

    Synonym of breakout (“escape from prison”).

v.
  1. 1.

    To burst out or break forth.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

eruption irruption

上位词 3

happening occurrence occurrent

下位词 2

epidemic recrudescence

相关短语

super outbreak tornado outbreak

词源

From Middle English outbreken, oute-breken, from Old English ūtābrecan (“to break out”), equivalent to out- + break. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutbreeke (“to break out, burst out”), West Frisian útbrekke (“to break out”), Dutch uitbreken (“to break out, burst out”), German ausbrechen (“to break out, erupt”). The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Uutbreek (“outbreak”), West Frisian útbrek (“outbreak”), Dutch uitbraak (“outbreak”), and German Ausbruch (“outbreak”), and is comparable to Danish udbrud (“outbreak”), Faroese and Icelandic útbrot (“rash”), Norwegian utbrudd (“outbreak”), and Swedish utbrott (“outbreak”).

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