smallpox

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n. 天花 [医] 天花, 痘疮

发音

UK /ˈsmɔːlpɒks/
其它
US /ˈsmɔlpɑks/

词形变化

smallpoxes 复数 smallpoxes

别名

small pox small-pox

教材释义与例句

名词

天花

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.

    天花

    不可数 医学

    The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

variola

上位词 1

pox

下位词 5

alastrim Cuban itch milkpox pseudovariola whitepox

部分词 1

pock

词源

From small + pox, in contrast to greatpox (“syphilis”).

来源：wiktionary