| 释义 |
epidemic/epiˈdemik/ n. & adj.●n. 1 a widespread occurrence of a disease in a community at a particular time 疾病传播，疾病流行 2 such a disease 流行病，时疫，瘟疫 3 (foll. by 后跟 of) a wide prevalence of something usu. undesirable 广泛流传的事物，盛行的事物(通常为不好的) ●adj. in the nature of an epidemic (cf. 参见 ENDEMIC) 流行(病)的 □ epidemically adv.[French épidémique from épidémie, via Late Latin epidemia from Greek epidēmia ‘prevalence of disease’, from epidēmios (adj.) (as EPI-, dēmos ‘the people’)] |