| 单词 | communicable |
| 释义 | communicable (once / 16214 pages) adj A cold is a communicable disease, i.e. it's contagious, so you can pass it on to others. If you are a politician, your basic message should be communicable or communicated easily to others. Whether a cold or a message, think of transmitting something when using the word communicable. In this word, you might see communicate, commune, and community. All of these words come from the Latin root communicare which means "to share." When something is communicable it is easily shared with a community of people. WORD FAMILYcommunicable: communicably, noncommunicable+/communicate: communicable, communicated, communicates, communicating, communication, communicative, communicator, communicatory, intercommunicate/communication: communicational, communications/communicative: communicatively, communicativeness, incommunicative, uncommunicative/communicator: communicators/intercommunicate: intercommunicating, intercommunication/intercommunication: intercommunications/uncommunicative: uncommunicatively, uncommunicativeness USAGE EXAMPLESSo far, no common factors have been identified among the affected children in Washington, said Dr. Scott Lindquist, Washington’s state epidemiologist for communicable diseases. Seattle Times(Nov 29, 2016) The absence of communicable diseases management had also increased the risk of outbreaks of cholera, measles, malaria and other endemic diseases, the UN agency warned. BBC(Nov 07, 2016) Police said Vance has a communicable disease that he "may attempt to spread". BBC(Oct 26, 2016) 1adj readily communicated communicable ideas Syn communicative, communicatory able or tending to communicate 2adj (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection Syn catching, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable infectious easily spread |
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