cov

IPA/kˈɒv/
IPA/kˈɑːv/

cov — 縮寫

1. a short form of 'coronavirus', used mainly in scientific names for viruses and v

1.縮寫B2
釋義

冠狀病毒縮寫

用於病毒名稱中的冠狀病毒縮寫

a short form of 'coronavirus', used mainly in scientific names for viruses and virus strains

例句

The lab compared MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 in camel and bat samples.

實驗室比較了駱駝與蝙蝠樣本中的 MERS-CoV 和 SARS-CoV-2。

CoV in scientific virus names

Doctors studied how SARS-CoV-1 spread through crowded hospital wards.

醫師研究了 SARS-CoV-1 如何在擁擠的醫院病房中傳播。

同義詞
  • coronavirus

    the full word, used in general writing and speech instead of the shortened scientific form

文法句型

SARS-CoV-2

MERS-CoV

CoV + strain

用法筆記

Used mainly in scientific and medical writing. It usually appears inside longer labels such as SARS-CoV-2 or MERS-CoV, rather than as an everyday count noun on its own.

常見錯誤

❌COVID and CoV mean the same thing.
✅COVID is the disease name, while CoV is short for coronavirus.
💡COVID names the illness; CoV refers to the virus term used in scientific labels.
❌The patient caught a cov.
✅The patient caught a coronavirus.
💡CoV is mainly used inside scientific names, not as an ordinary everyday noun.