| 单词 | mumps |
| 释义 | mumps (once / 8129 pages) n Mumps is a highly contagious, fast-spreading disease. When someone gets mumps, they have a fever and swollen neck glands. Mumps is one of many viral illnesses that can be prevented with immunizations. Before the vaccine was developed, mumps was a common childhood illness. It's spread through coughs and sneezes, and while it's often mild, there are complications that can be serious, like brain infections and deafness. The name mumps comes from the now-obsolete mump, "a grimace," from a previous meaning, "to whine like a beggar." In the seventeenth century, mumps also meant "a fit of melancholy." WORD FAMILYmumps USAGE EXAMPLESTreating anti-Semitism as a problem of free speech is like treating an outbreak of mumps as a problem of cosmetics. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) Officials say 64 percent of people in all the cases reported being vaccinated against the mumps. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Officials say mumps is usually not common in the United States because vaccination rates are generally good. Washington Times(Dec 09, 2016) n an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands Syn|Hyper epidemic parotitis infectious disease a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact |
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