diarrhoea
/ˌdaɪəˈrɪə/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌdaɪəˈriːə/ (ame, ipa)
diarrhoea — 名詞
1. a health problem in which a person passes very loose, watery faeces many times i
腹瀉；拉肚子
排出多次稀水便的腸胃不適狀況
a health problem in which a person passes very loose, watery faeces many times in one day, often caused by a stomach infection or by something they ate.
Roya stayed home from school for two days because she had really bad diarrhoea.
Roya 拉肚子拉得很嚴重，因此請假兩天沒去上學。
collocation: have diarrhoea
After the family picnic, Tomás began to suffer from severe diarrhoea and stomach pain.
家族野餐之後，Tomás 開始嚴重腹瀉並且肚子痛。
collocation: suffer from diarrhoea
The doctor told Mira that the antibiotics might give her diarrhoea for a few days.
醫生告訴 Mira，這種抗生素可能會讓她腹瀉幾天。
Drinking unclean water on the trip caused a nasty bout of diarrhoea in every traveller.
在旅途中喝了不乾淨的水，讓每位旅客都嚴重拉肚子一陣子。
Babies can become very weak from diarrhoea, so doctors tell parents to give them lots of fluids.
嬰兒腹瀉可能會變得非常虛弱，因此醫生會囑咐父母要讓他們多補充水分。
- the runs
informal everyday term
- loose bowels
polite, slightly clinical phrasing
- gastroenteritis
medical term covering inflammation that often causes diarrhoea
- constipation
the opposite condition — difficulty passing solid waste
文法句型
have diarrhoea
suffer from diarrhoea
a bout of diarrhoea
用法筆記
Uncountable in standard use, so do not say 'a diarrhoea' or 'diarrhoeas'. Count contexts use 'a bout of diarrhoea' or 'an episode of diarrhoea' instead. The American spelling is 'diarrhea'.