| 单词 | infectious |
| 释义 | infectiousWord family (noun) infection disinfectant (adjective) infectious infected (verb) infect ≠ disinfect (adverb) infectiously From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishIllness & disabilityinfectiousin‧fec‧tious /ɪnˈfekʃəs/ ●○○ adjective1 MIan infectious illness can be passed from one person to another, especially through the air you breatheinfectious diseasesFlu is highly infectious.2 MIsomeone who is infectious has an illness and could pass it to other people3 SPREADinfectious feelings or laughter spread quickly from one person to anotheran infectious smileinfectious enthusiasm —infectiously adverbExamples from the Corpusinfectious• Heavy drinkers are generally more susceptible to infectious diseases.• Doctors say that the disease is most infectious in the first twenty-four hours.• Sheila has an infectious smile.• The vaccine protects against Hepatitis B, a highly infectious virus.highly infectious• The countryside has been virtually shut down in a bid to contain the highly infectious disease.• Foot and mouth disease is caused by a highly infectious virus which animals either eat or inhale.infectious smile• He was a snub-nosed little fellow in a grubby shirt, with an infectious smile.• His infectious smile and sense of fun was highly reminiscent of Gedge anyway. |
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