| 释义 |
measles/ˈmi:z(ə)lz/n. pl. (also treated as sing. 亦看作单数) 1a an acute infectious viral disease marked by red spots on the skin 麻疹；风疹 b the spots of measles 麻疹斑 2 a disease of pigs etc. caused by the encysted larvae of the human tapeworm (猪等的)囊尾蚴病 [Middle English masele(s), probably from Middle Low German masele, Middle Dutch masel ‘pustule’ (cf. Dutch mazelen ‘measles’), Old High German masala: change of form probably due to assimilation to Middle English meser ‘leper’] |