virus
英 ['vaɪrəs]
美['vaɪrəs]
- n. [病毒] 病毒；恶毒；毒害
- n. (Virus)人名；(西)比鲁斯
词态变化
复数: viruses;
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。
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。
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- 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。
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- 3. The repairman reported back that the computer had a virus.
- 修理工报告说电脑染了病毒。
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- 4. I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
- 我坚决不向病毒屈服。
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- 5. Liver cancer is linked to the hepatitis B virus.
- 肝癌与乙肝病毒存在关联。
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