pneumonia

IPA/njuːˈməʊniə/
KK[numˈonjə]IPA/nuːˈməʊniə/

pneumonia — noun

1. a serious lung illness, typically the result of a bacterial or viral infection,

1.名詞B2
釋義

a serious lung illness, typically the result of a bacterial or viral infection, in which the small air spaces inside the lungs fill with fluid so that breathing becomes painful and slow.

例句

Soraya was rushed to hospital with pneumonia after coughing for two weeks.

rushed to hospital with pneumonia — typical hospital-admission collocation

The doctor heard crackling sounds in Reuben's chest and suspected pneumonia.

suspected + pneumonia — diagnostic context

同義詞
  • lung infection

    everyday descriptive term; less specific than pneumonia

  • chest infection

    common British English label, often used for milder cases before a doctor confirms pneumonia

  • bronchopneumonia

    medical subtype where infection starts in the small airways; narrower than pneumonia

文法句型

catch / develop / suffer from + pneumonia

用法筆記

Uncountable in almost all uses; do not say 'a pneumonia' or 'pneumonias'. The verbs that go with it are catch, get, develop, suffer from, die from, and recover from.

常見錯誤

❌I had a pneumonia last winter.
✅I had pneumonia last winter.
💡pneumonia is uncountable, so no 'a' and no plural.
❌She is sick of pneumonia.
✅She is sick with pneumonia.
💡the preposition that names the cause of an illness is 'with', not 'of'.