rheumatism
英 ['ruːmətɪz(ə)m]
美 ['rumətɪzəm]
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1. rheum =》 rheumatism: 因為最初認為風濕病就是由身體裏的稀粘液引起的。
2. rheum- 諧音“流嘛”。
3. Pains in the joints were in former times thought to be caused by watery secretions within the body.
5. because rheumatism was thought to be caused by an excessive flow of rheum into a joint thereby stretching ligaments.
中文詞源
rheumatism 風濕病學rheumatic,風濕的，-ism,思想，學說。
英文詞源
- rheumatism (n.)
- c. 1600, from Late Latin rheumatismus, from Greek rheumatismos, from rheumatizein "suffer from the flux," from rheuma "a discharge from the body" (see rheum). "The meaning of a disease of the joints is first recorded in 1688, because rheumatism was thought to be caused by an excessive flow of rheum into a joint thereby stretching ligaments" [Barnhart].
雙語例句
- 1. I was laid up in bed with acute rheumatism.
- 我染上了急性風濕，臥病在床。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases.
- 關節炎和風濕病是會嚴重損害身體健康的主要疾病。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.
- 熱天使這位老人暫時免受風濕病之苦.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The damp weather plays the very devil with my rheumatism.
- 潮濕的天氣加重了我的風濕病.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The cold he caught threw back his recovery from rheumatism.
- 感冒拖延了他風濕病痊愈的時間.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》