polio
英 ['pəʊlɪəʊ]
美 ['polɪo]
- n. 小兒麻痹症(等於poliomyelitis);脊髓灰質炎
助記提示
1. pal- => polio- "grey".
英文詞源
- polio
- polio: [20] Polio is an abbreviation of poliomyelitis [19], a term coined in modern Latin from Greek poliós ‘grey’ and muelós ‘marrow’ (a derivative of mūs ‘muscle’) – hence ‘inflammation of the ‘grey matter’ of the spinal chord’
- polio (n.)
- 1911, abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
雙語例句
- 1. The first authoritative study of polio was published in 1840.
- 關於小兒麻痹症的第一篇權威性研究報告發表於1840年。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He dragged a foot when he walked, a leftover from polio.
- 他走路時一瘸一拐的,那是小兒麻痹的後遺症。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He wore leg braces after polio in childhood.
- 他幼時得過小兒麻痹症後雙腿安上了支架。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Polio was then endemic among children my age.
- 那時小兒麻痹症在我這個年紀的孩子中很常見。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He was crippled by polio as a child.
- 他幼年患過小兒麻痹症,結果腿就瘸了。
來自《權威詞典》