epidemic
n. 流行病；传染病
adj. 流行的；传染性的
副词：epidemically 异体字：epidemical
近义词：widespread，prevalent，plague，contagious，infectious，catching，outbreak，endemic，scourge，contagion，spate，wave，rash，craze，pestilence，wide-ranging，rampant，sweeping，rife，ecdemic，endemic，
详细释义
n.(名词)
- 流行病
- 流行
- 传播
- 时疫
- 蔓延
- 传染病
- 流行的事物
- 泛滥
- 迅速传插
- 一时流行
- 风行
adj.(形容词)
- 传染的
- 极为流行的
- 流行的
- 传染性的
- 流行性的
双解释义
n.(名词)
- [C]流行病 a large number of the same infectious diseases during a single period of time
英英释义
Noun
- a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
Adjective
- (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously;
"an epidemic outbreak of influenza"
组词搭配
动词+～
- control an epidemic控制流行病
- touch off an epidemic引发流行病
～+介词
- an epidemic of盛行…
例句
用作名词(n.)
- A flu epidemic raged through the school for weeks.流感在这所学校里蔓延了几个星期。
- The small town was suddenly struck by an epidemic.小镇突然遭到传染病的袭击。
用作形容词(adj.)
- Violence is reaching epidemic levels.暴力达到了流行的程度。
- The corruption has become epidemic in the society.这种腐化已成为社会上的一种歪风。
- Summer has a high incidence of epidemic diseases.夏天是传染病的高发季节。
词语用法
n.(名词)
- epidemic的基本意思是“流行病”,可用来比喻某一事件或现象像流行病一样广为“流传,盛行”,常用于“an epidemic of sth”结构中。