supervirusn.

Brit.

/ˈsuːpəˌvʌɪrəs/,

/ˈsjuːpəˌvʌɪrəs/, U.S.

/ˈsupərˌvaɪrəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, virus n.

Etymology: < super- prefix + virus n.

1. Medicine and Biology. A particularly infectious or dangerous virus, esp. a virulent new strain for which no effective treatment has yet been developed.

ΚΠ

1951 N.Y. Times 22 Apr. iv. 11/6 Dr. Langmuir does not believe in any new ‘super germ’ or ‘super virus’ or in unscientific ways of spreading epidemics.

1985 Washington Post 3 July (Healthtalk) 13/1 People think because AIDS is so terrible that the virus must be a supervirus, resistant to anything.

1994 Sci. News 3 Sept. 154/3 The study has met with considerable opposition in England over the last year. Citizens fear we ‘are creating a supervirus’.

2002 J. Goad Shit Magnet xvi. 262 Jericho told me he recently contracted a ‘super-virus’ strain of HIV from sharing a needle in a phone booth.

2. Computing. A particularly destructive or sophisticated virus, esp. one which is able to defeat standard antivirus software.

ΚΠ

1988 R. Roberts Compute!'s Computer Viruses viii. 102 If a super-virus were able to achieve this high degree of adaptability, it would still be unable to operate in an internally scrambled condition.

1992 InfoWorld (Nexis) 27 Apr. Unless everyone realizes that viruses are real and takes reasonable action against them, there will come a time when a new ‘super virus’ that cannot be detected by any of the existing packages is developed.

1999 D. Hagberg Assassin 452 If you want to play games with me, I'll crash your entire system. I'll set a supervirus loose in every intelligence and Department of Defense computer in the country!

2011 Sunday Times (Nexis) 5 June 2 Two researchers..examined the technology behind Stuxnet, the supervirus that targeted Iran's uranium enrichment facilities last year.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	supervirus
释义	supervirusn. Brit. /ˈsuːpəˌvʌɪrəs/, /ˈsjuːpəˌvʌɪrəs/, U.S. /ˈsupərˌvaɪrəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, virus n. Etymology: < super- prefix + virus n. 1. Medicine and Biology. A particularly infectious or dangerous virus, esp. a virulent new strain for which no effective treatment has yet been developed. ΚΠ 1951 N.Y. Times 22 Apr. iv. 11/6 Dr. Langmuir does not believe in any new ‘super germ’ or ‘super virus’ or in unscientific ways of spreading epidemics. 1985 Washington Post 3 July (Healthtalk) 13/1 People think because AIDS is so terrible that the virus must be a supervirus, resistant to anything. 1994 Sci. News 3 Sept. 154/3 The study has met with considerable opposition in England over the last year. Citizens fear we ‘are creating a supervirus’. 2002 J. Goad Shit Magnet xvi. 262 Jericho told me he recently contracted a ‘super-virus’ strain of HIV from sharing a needle in a phone booth. 2. Computing. A particularly destructive or sophisticated virus, esp. one which is able to defeat standard antivirus software. ΚΠ 1988 R. Roberts Compute!'s Computer Viruses viii. 102 If a super-virus were able to achieve this high degree of adaptability, it would still be unable to operate in an internally scrambled condition. 1992 InfoWorld (Nexis) 27 Apr. Unless everyone realizes that viruses are real and takes reasonable action against them, there will come a time when a new ‘super virus’ that cannot be detected by any of the existing packages is developed. 1999 D. Hagberg Assassin 452 If you want to play games with me, I'll crash your entire system. I'll set a supervirus loose in every intelligence and Department of Defense computer in the country! 2011 Sunday Times (Nexis) 5 June 2 Two researchers..examined the technology behind Stuxnet, the supervirus that targeted Iran's uranium enrichment facilities last year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1951
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