contagion

英 [kən'teɪdʒən] 美 [kən'teɪdʒən]

• n. 传染病；接触传染；蔓延

英英释义

Noun:

1. any disease easily transmitted by contact

2. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

3. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people;

   "a contagion of mirth"
   "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Tuberculosis is respiratory tract contagion.
   肺结核是呼吸道传染病。
2. What contagion does second liver belong to?
   乙肝属于什么传染病？
3. Fear spread through the crowd like a contagion.
   人们心中的恐惧像瘟疫一样蔓延开来。
4. Some diseases spread by contagion.
   有些疾病藉传染蔓延。

经典引文

• Hate is a contagion;..it grows and spreads as a disease.

  出自： M. L. King

词汇搭配

• mediate contagion [医] 间接触染...

近反义词

【近义词】

• infection 传染
• contamination 污染
• pollution 污染
• taint 污点
• poison 毒药
• impurity 不纯
• dirt 污垢
• septicity 腐败性
• toxicity 毒性
• transmission 传输
• contagious disease 接触传染病