virus

英 ['vaɪrəs] 美['vaɪrəs]

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n. [病毒] 病毒；恶毒；毒害
n. (Virus)人名；(西)比鲁斯

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中文词源

virus 病毒

来自拉丁语virus,毒液，毒汁，来自PIE*weis,融化，流出，恶臭液体，词源同weasel,bison。该词最早用于病毒义来自1728年，用于指传染性病，天花，梅毒等。也用于指计算机病毒。

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复数: viruses;

英文词源

virus (n.): late 14c., "venomous substance," from Latin virus "poison, sap of plants, slimy liquid, a potent juice," probably from PIE root *weis- "to melt away, to flow," used of foul or malodorous fluids, with specialization in some languages to "poisonous fluid" (cognates: Sanskrit visam "poison," visah "poisonous;" Avestan vish- "poison;" Latin viscum "sticky substance, birdlime;" Greek ios "poison," ixos "mistletoe, birdlime;" Old Church Slavonic višnja "cherry;" Old Irish fi "poison;" Welsh gwy "fluid, water," gwyar "blood"). Main modern meaning "agent that causes infectious disease" first recorded 1728 (in reference to venereal disease). The computer sense is from 1972.

双语例句

1. The official number of people carrying the AIDS virus is low.: 艾滋病病毒携带者的官方数字并不高。

2. Hackers are said to have started a computer virus.: 据说黑客们已经开始传播一种新的电脑病毒。

3. The repairman reported back that the computer had a virus.: 修理工报告说电脑染了病毒。

4. I was determined not to succumb to the virus.: 我坚决不向病毒屈服。

5. Liver cancer is linked to the hepatitis B virus.: 肝癌与乙肝病毒存在关联。

英英释意

1. (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein

2. a harmful or corrupting agency;: "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"

3. a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer;: "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance"

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millions of bees have died in South Carolina during aerial insect-spraying operations that were carried out to combat the Zika virus.

In fact, a virus emerged in the 1970s that could've been just that fatal.

Named after a river that passes through the Congo, the Ebola virus originally manifested itself in the interior of Africa in

If the virus had been capable of spreading through the air, or if one infected person had unknowingly entered a large population center, Ebola might have become a worldwide epidemic.

However, soon after these fierce outbreaks, the virus died out, at least temporarily

What is Ebola virus named after?

By inhaling air polluted with the virus

More strains will evolve from the Ebola virus.

In a recent study involving over 400 healthy adults, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs on the participants' susceptibility to developing the common cold aft

实用场景例句

the flu virus: 流感病毒

a virus infection: 病毒感染

There's a virus going around the office.: 办公室里流行着一种病毒性疾病。

There are many different strains of flu virus.: 流感病毒有很多不同类型。

...HIV, the virus believed to cause AIDS. HIV: ，一种据信会引发艾滋病的病毒

Hackers are said to have started a computer virus.: 据说黑客们已经开始传播一种新的电脑病毒。

The virus latches onto the red blood cells.: 这种病毒附着在红细胞上.

The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome.: 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒.

The identification of rabies virus has saved many lives.: 狂犬病病毒的确认挽救了许多人的性命.

There is a virus going round the world.: 世界上流行着一种病毒性疾病.

If the virus cannot replicate itself, it cannot cause illness.: 如果病毒不能变异, 也就不能够诱发疾病了.

an attenuated form of the virus: 毒性已衰减的病毒

human immunodeficiency virus or HIV: 人体免疫缺陷病毒，即HIV

It is mandatory for blood banks to test all donated blood for the virus.: 血库必须检查所有捐献的血是否含有这种病毒。

the ability of the virus to mutate into new forms: 病毒变异成新菌株的能力

These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites.: 这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的，而与寄生虫无关。

It is very unnerving to find out that someone you see every day is carrying a potentially deadly virus.: 发现朝夕相处的人竟携带着一种可能致命的病毒是一件令人很不安的事情。

I know my life has been cut short by this terrible virus but Daniel will live on after me.: 我知道这种可怕的病毒会让我的生命提前结束，但丹尼尔会在我死后继续活下去。

Hackers are said to have started a computer virus.: 据说黑客们已经开始传播一种新的电脑病毒。

The virus won't go away and the lad is still feeling a bit rough.: 病毒无法清除，这个小伙子仍然觉得有点不舒服。

He is fully recovered from the virus.: 感染病毒的他已彻底康复了。

I was determined not to succumb to the virus.: 我坚决不向病毒屈服。

Liver cancer is linked to the hepatitis B virus.: 肝癌与乙肝病毒存在关联。

The virus is getting more and more attention, and not before time.: 这种病毒正受到越来越多的关注，其实早该如此。

It is thought that this virus is implicated in the development of a number of illnesses.: 这种病毒被认为与数种疾病的发生密切相关。

In the effort to understand AIDS, attention is moving from the virus to the immune system.: 为了解艾滋病，人们的注意力从艾滋病病毒转向了免疫系统。

There is a risk of passing the virus on.: 有传播病毒的风险。

This virus infected thousands of computers within days.: 这种病毒在短短几天内感染了数千台计算机。

The virus is not passed on through touching or shaking hands.: 那种病毒不会通过接触或握手传染.

If they have the virus they are putting patients at risk.: 如果他们有这种病毒，就会将病人置于危险境地。

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