pneumonia
英[nju?'m??n??]
美[n?'mon??]
- n. 肺炎
助記提示
“pneumon”音似“牛毛”，ia-后綴：病——“肺炎”是小兒常見多發病，是一種患 者多如“牛毛”的“病”
中文詞源
pneumonia 肺炎
pneumon-,肺，-ia,炎癥。
英文詞源
- pneumonia (n.)
- c. 1600, from Modern Latin, from Greek pneumonia "inflammation of the lungs," from pneumon "lung," altered (perhaps by influence of pnein "to breathe") from pleumon "lung," literally "floater," probably cognate with Latin pulmo (see pulmonary), from PIE *pleu- "to flow, to swim" (see pluvial). Alteration in Greek perhaps by influence of pnein "to breathe."
雙語例句
- 1. In November 1941 Payne was seriously ill with pneumonia.
- 1941年11月，佩恩得了嚴重的肺炎。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The new drug lessens the severity of pneumonia episodes.
- 新藥減輕了肺炎發作時的痛苦。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis.
- 她擔心會得肺炎或支氣管炎。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Most people do not have to be hospitalized for asthma or pneumonia.
- 大多數哮喘或肺炎患者無需住院。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The patient caught pneumonia and went out shortly before midnight.
- 那個病人感染了肺炎,在午夜前不久去世了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》