allergy

/ˈælədʒi/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈælərdʒi/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈa-lər-jē/ (ame, mw)

allergy — 名詞

1. a health problem in which your body reacts in a harmful way — for example with a

1.名詞B1
釋義

過敏

身體對特定物質產生不正常反應

a health problem in which your body reacts in a harmful way — for example with a rash, sneezing, or trouble breathing — when you eat, touch, or breathe in something most people are fine with.

例句

Amara has a serious allergy to peanuts and always carries her medicine.

Amara 對花生有嚴重的過敏，總是隨身帶著藥。

allergy + to + noun (food trigger)

The doctor confirmed that little Hiro's rash was caused by a milk allergy.

醫生證實小 Hiro 的疹子是由牛奶過敏引起的。

compound: [substance] + allergy

同義詞
  • hypersensitivity

    technical medical term; used in clinical writing rather than daily speech

  • intolerance

    overlapping but narrower — usually digestive, e.g. lactose intolerance; not the same as a true immune reaction

文法句型

allergy + to + noun

用法筆記

Almost always paired with the preposition 'to' to name the trigger (allergy to nuts/pollen/cats). Also forms common compound nouns: peanut allergy, dust allergy, food allergy.

常見錯誤

❌I have allergy of cats.
✅I have an allergy to cats.
💡use 'to', not 'of', and add the article 'an'.
❌She is allergy to milk.
✅She is allergic to milk.
💡'allergy' is the noun; the adjective is 'allergic'.