单词 | contagious |
释义 | contagiousWord family nouncontagionistcontagiousnesscontagiumcontagionadjectivecontagiousadverbcontagiously Illness & disabilitycon·ta·gious /kənˈteɪdʒəs/ adjectiveadj 1. MISPREADa disease that is contagious can be passed from person to person by touch 〔疾病〕接触传染的 → infectious 2 MISPREADa person who is contagious has a disease that can be passed to another person by touch 患接触传染病的 → infectious The patient is still highly contagious. 这个病人仍然有很强的传染性。 3 SPREADif a feeling, attitude, or action is contagious, other people are quickly affected by it and begin to have it or do it 〔感情、态度、行动〕富于感染力的,会蔓延的 → infectious her contagious enthusiasm 她那富有感染力的热情 —contagiousness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus contagious• Most eye infections are contagious.• People with measles are highly contagious.• Moreover, where labour disputes in small enterprises might cause little stir, stoppages in major plants proved highly contagious.• Plus, such jobs are contagious.• Without proper treatment, sufferers from tuberculosis of the lung can be contagious all their life.• Part of this comes from a superstitious but unacknowledged sense that grief is contagious and unlucky.• Chicken pox is a highly contagious disease.• For many patients, acute care came in county or city general hospitals where patients with contagious diseases were sent.• Hardy has a booming voice and a contagious enthusiasm.• Furthermore, there were many differences of opinion regarding the question of just how contagious leprosy was and how it was transmitted.• The highly contagious phrase quickly infected the international media and spread across the globe in a matter of days. |
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