outbreak
英['a?tbre?k]
美['a?tbrek]
- n. （戰(zhàn)爭的）爆發(fā)；（疾病的）發(fā)作
- vi. 爆發(fā)
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?outbreaks;
中文詞源
outbreak 爆發(fā)
out-,向外，break,破裂。
英文詞源
- outbreak (n.)
- "eruption" (of disease, hostilities, etc.), c. 1600, from out + break (v.). Outbreak was a verb in Middle English (c. 1300).
雙語例句
- 1. This evidence supports their contention that the outbreak of violence was prearranged.
- 這一證據(jù)證實了他們的觀點，即此次突發(fā)暴力事件是有預(yù)謀的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The other unspoken fear here is of an outbreak of hooliganism.
- 這其中另一個未言明的擔(dān)憂是足球流氓可能突然鬧事。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Conditions were ripe for an outbreak of cholera.
- 霍亂即將暴發(fā)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. In Peru, a cholera outbreak continues to spread.
- 霍亂在秘魯各地相繼爆發(fā)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. the outbreak of a flu epidemic
- 流感的爆發(fā)
來自《權(quán)威詞典》