typhoid

IPA/ˈtaɪfɔɪd/
KK[tˈaɪfɔɪd]IPA/ˈtaɪfɔɪd/

typhoid — 名詞

1. A bacterial infection of the digestive system passed on through food or water ca

1.名詞B2
釋義

傷寒

一種細菌引起的嚴重腸道傳染病

A bacterial infection of the digestive system passed on through food or water carrying Salmonella typhi. It brings on a fever that climbs over several days, cramps in the belly area, and a pink rash across the upper body. With early antibiotic treatment, most patients recover fully; without it, the illness can be deadly.

例句

Devika caught typhoid after drinking unclean water during the floods in her village.

Devika 在村莊淹水時喝了不乾淨的水,後來感染了傷寒。

Christopher's grandfather died of typhoid before antibiotics were widely available.

Christopher 的祖父在抗生素普遍使用之前死於傷寒。

historical context: before antibiotics

常見搭配
  • contract typhoid
  • catch typhoid
  • die of typhoid
  • diagnose typhoid
  • typhoid outbreak
  • typhoid vaccine
同義詞
  • typhoid fever

    the full medical name for the same disease

  • enteric fever

    formal medical term used by doctors, less common in everyday speech

用法筆記

Typhoid is short for 'typhoid fever' — the full medical name. Do not confuse typhoid with typhus: they are different diseases caused by different bacteria and spread through different routes (typhoid through contaminated food or water; typhus through lice or fleas).

常見錯誤

I caught typhus from eating street food.
I caught typhoid from eating street food.
Typhoid spreads through contaminated food or water; typhus spreads through lice or fleas and is not from food.
慣用語

a person who spreads something harmful or unpleasant without showing symptoms themselves, from the real-life case of Mary Mallon, a cook who unknowingly spread typhoid in the early 1900s in New York

The journalist called the factory owner a Typhoid Mary for refusing to fix the leaky pipes that spread disease through the town.

typhoid — 形容詞

同根字

  • typhoidal
    形容詞C1

常見搭配

常用片語

  • typhoid fever
  • typhoid outbreak
  • typhoid vaccine
  • typhoid Mary
  • contract typhoid
  • catch typhoid
  • diagnose typhoid
  • die of typhoid
  • typhoid infection