mononucleosis
mononucleosis — 名詞
1. a viral illness, usually spread through saliva, that swells the glands in the ne
單核球症
病毒引起、使腺體腫脹的傳染病
a viral illness, usually spread through saliva, that swells the glands in the neck and leaves the person tired, feverish, and unable to work normally for several weeks or months.
Hyun missed the spring semester after a blood test confirmed mononucleosis.
Hyun 在血液檢查確診單核球症後，缺席了整個春季學期。
collocation: confirm / diagnose mononucleosis
The school nurse warned the team that mononucleosis can spread through shared water bottles.
學校護士警告球隊，單核球症可能透過共用水瓶傳播。
common transmission context: shared drinks / kissing
Doctors told Tuan to rest for six weeks because mononucleosis had enlarged his spleen.
醫師要 Tuan 休養六週，因為單核球症使他的脾臟腫大。
medical complication: enlarged spleen
Mononucleosis is often called the kissing disease in American high schools.
在美國的高中裡，單核球症常被稱為「接吻病」。
informal nickname: 'the kissing disease'
Yara felt exhausted for months after recovering from a serious case of mononucleosis.
Yara 從一場嚴重的單核球症康復後，仍疲倦了好幾個月。
noun phrase: a case of mononucleosis
- a case of mononucleosis
- diagnosed with mononucleosis
- recover from mononucleosis
- infectious mononucleosis
- test positive for mononucleosis
- mono
informal short form, common in American everyday speech
- glandular fever
the standard British English name for the same illness
- kissing disease
informal nickname referring to its saliva-based transmission
文法句型
a case of mononucleosis
have mononucleosis
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable; refer to instances with 'a case of mononucleosis'. In informal American English, frequently shortened to 'mono'; the full Latin form belongs to medical writing and news reports.
常見錯誤
同根字
- mono名詞C1
- mononuclear形容詞C2