malaria
英 [mə'leərɪə]
美[mə'lɛrɪə]
- n. [内科] 疟疾；瘴气
词态变化
形容词: malarial;
中文词源
malaria 疟疾，瘴气
来自意大利语mala aria,坏空气，来自mala,坏的，邪恶的，aria,空气，词源同air.因古代观念认为疟疾，瘴气等疾病是由恶臭的空气引起的。
英文词源
- malaria
- malaria: [18] The original English term for an ‘attack of malarial fever’ was ague. The word malaria did not come on the scene until the mid- 18th century. It was borrowed from Italian mal’aria, a conflation of mala aria, literally ‘bad air’. This was an allusion to the former belief that malaria was caused by foul air, and particularly by vapours given off by swamps.
=> air, malign - malaria (n.)
- 1740, from Italian mal'aria, from mala aria, literally "bad air," from mala "bad" (fem. of malo, from Latin malus; see mal-) + aria "air" (see air (n.1)). Probably first used by Italian physician Francisco Torti (1658-1741). The disease, now known to be mosquito-borne, once was thought to be caused by foul air in marshy districts. Replaced native ague.
双语例句
- 1. At present, no widely approved vaccine exists for malaria.
- 目前，还没有被广泛认可的疟疾疫苗。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Malaria is bursting out again all over the world.
- 疟疾突然又在全世界流行起来。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Roll on the day someone develops an effective vaccine against malaria.
- 盼望有一天有人会研制出一种能有效预防疟疾的疫苗。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.
- 他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Malaria is endemic in many hot countries.
- 疟疾是许多气候炎热国家的流行病。
来自《权威词典》