pneumonia
pneumonia — 名詞
1. a serious lung illness, typically the result of a bacterial or viral infection,
肺炎
肺部嚴重感染、肺泡積液的疾病
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.
Soraya was rushed to hospital with pneumonia after coughing for two weeks.
Soraya 咳了兩個禮拜，後來因肺炎被緊急送醫。
rushed to hospital with pneumonia — typical hospital-admission collocation
The doctor heard crackling sounds in Reuben's chest and suspected pneumonia.
醫師聽見 Reuben 胸腔有囉音，懷疑是肺炎。
suspected + pneumonia — diagnostic context
Elderly patients can die from pneumonia if it is not treated quickly.
年長的病人如果沒有及時治療，可能會死於肺炎。
die from pneumonia — outcome collocation with passive risk frame
Anjali's grandfather developed pneumonia after a long stay in a cold ward.
Anjali 的爺爺在寒冷的病房住了很久之後，得了肺炎。
develop + pneumonia — onset-of-disease collocation
Antibiotics cleared the pneumonia within ten days, and Linh returned to school.
抗生素在十天內治好了肺炎，Linh 回到了學校。
antibiotics + cleared — treatment-and-recovery pattern
- catch pneumonia
- develop pneumonia
- suffer from pneumonia
- die from pneumonia
- recover from pneumonia
- viral / bacterial pneumonia
- severe pneumonia
- diagnosed with pneumonia
- 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
catch pneumonia
idiomto become very ill, especially because you have stayed outside in the cold or wet for too long; often said as a warning rather than an actual diagnosis.
因受寒或淋雨而生病；通常作為長輩的提醒語，而非真正的醫學診斷。
Put a coat on, Ari, or you'll catch pneumonia standing at the bus stop in this rain.
Grandma always warns the children that bare feet on cold tiles will make them catch pneumonia.
同根字
- pneumonic形容詞C2
- pneumonitis名詞C2
- bronchopneumonia名詞C2