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smallpox

英 ['smɔːlpɒks] 美 ['smɔl'pɑks]

解释

n. [内科] 天花

※ 提供单词"smallpox"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

smallpox: smallpox: see pox
smallpox (n.): acute, highly contagious disease, 1510s, small pokkes, as distinguished from great pox "syphillis;" from small-pock "pustule caused by smallpox" (mid-15c.); see small (adj.) + pox. Compare French petite vérole. Fatal in a quarter to a third of unvaccinated cases.

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例句和用法

1. He gave money to the World Health Organisation to help defeat smallpox.: 他向世界卫生组织提供资金以帮助消灭天花。

2. In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.: 1742年,他染上了致命的天花.

3. A new outbreak of smallpox occurred in 1928.: 1928年爆发了新一轮的天花.

4. Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child?: 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗 ?

5. Cases of smallpox are becoming rare.: 天花病例日益罕见.