infection
infection 英 [ɪnˈfekʃn] 美 [ɪnˈfɛkʃən]
n. 感染；传染；传染病
名词复数:infections
- Infections are what happens when germs invade your body and cause a disease. Some, like meningitis, an infection of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord, can be deadly. Others, like the common cold, are relatively mild.
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- n. 感染；传染；传染病
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1. to be exposed to infection
暴露于易受感染的环境
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2. to increase the risk of infection
增加传染的危险
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3. an ear infection, an throat infection
耳部、喉部等感染
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4. to spread an infection
传染疾病
- infection (n.) late 14c., "infectious disease; contaminated condition;" from Old French infeccion "contamination, poisoning" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin infectionem (nominative infectio) "infection, contagion," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin inficere "to spoil, to stain" (see infect). Meaning "communication of disease by agency of air or water" (distinguished from contagion, which is body-to-body communication), is from 1540s.
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