smallpox

IPA/ˈsmɔːlpɒks/
KK[smˈɔlpˌɑks]IPA/ˈsmɔːlpɑːks/

smallpox — 名詞

1. a serious infectious disease caused by a virus, which makes the body develop a h

1.名詞B2
釋義

天花

一種由病毒引起的高傳染性疾病

a serious infectious disease caused by a virus, which makes the body develop a high temperature and painful blisters filled with liquid on the skin. It was the first and only human disease ever completely eliminated across the world through a global vaccination programme.

例句

Before 1980, millions of people died from smallpox every year across the world.

1980 年以前，每年全球有數百萬人死於天花。

contract + smallpox for catching the disease

The World Health Organization launched a worldwide vaccination drive to wipe out smallpox forever.

世界衛生組織發起了一場全球疫苗接種活動，希望能徹底消滅天花。

vaccination campaign against + smallpox

常見搭配
  • contract smallpox
  • smallpox outbreak
  • smallpox vaccine
  • smallpox virus
  • smallpox scar
  • eradicate smallpox
  • global smallpox eradication
同義詞
  • variola

    The medical or scientific name for the smallpox virus; used mainly in clinical or laboratory settings, not in everyday speech.

文法句型

contract + smallpox

vaccinate against + smallpox

用法筆記

Almost always used as an uncountable noun without an article: 'He caught smallpox', not 'a smallpox'. Frequently appears in historical or medical contexts, because the disease no longer exists in the general population.

常見錯誤

She got a smallpox when she was a child.
She got smallpox when she was a child.
smallpox is an uncountable noun and does not take an article.
Smallpox and chickenpox are the same illness.
Smallpox and chickenpox are different diseases.
smallpox is a far more severe illness than chickenpox (水痘); the two are caused by different viruses.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • smallpox vaccine
  • smallpox virus
  • smallpox outbreak
  • smallpox eradication
  • smallpox case
  • smallpox patient
  • smallpox blister
  • smallpox scar

常用片語

  • smallpox vaccination campaign
  • global smallpox eradication programme
  • smallpox containment measures

介系詞搭配

  • against smallpox
  • from smallpox
  • of smallpox