- [countable] (especially North American English)
any small insect 小昆虫;虫子 There's a bug crawling up your arm. 有只虫子爬上了你的胳膊。
- [countable] (informal)
an illness that is usually fairly mild but spreads easily from person to person 轻微的传染病;小病 a flu bug 流感 There's a stomach bug going round (= people are catching it from each other). 现在流行一种肠胃传染病。 I picked up a bug in the office. 我在办公室被传染了疾病。 He's off work with a flu bug. 他因为得了流感不能上班。
Synonyms diseasedisease- illness
- disorder
- infection
- condition
- ailment
- bug
- disease a medical problem affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused by infection:
He suffers from a rare blood disease. 他患有一种罕见的血液病。
- illness a medical problem, or a period of suffering from one:
She died after a long illness. 她久病不愈而亡。
disease or illness? Disease is used to talk about more severe physical medical problems, especially those that affect the organs. Illness is used to talk about both more severe and more minor medical problems, and those that affect mental health: heart/kidney/liver illness • mental disease. Disease is not used about a period of illness: She died after a long disease.用 disease 还是 illness? - disorder (rather formal
) an illness that causes a part of the body to stop functioning correctly: 指失调、紊乱、不适、疾病: a rare disorder of the liver. 一种罕见的肝病
- infection an illness that is caused by bacteria or a virus and that affects one part of the body:
a throat infection 喉部感染
- condition a medical problem that you have for a long time because it is not possible to cure it:
a heart condition 心脏病
- ailment (rather formal
) an illness that is not very serious: 指轻病、小恙: childhood ailments 儿童期小病
- bug (informal
) an infectious illness that is usually fairly mild: 轻微的传染病;小病 a nasty flu bug 严重的流感
- to have/suffer from a(n) disease/illness/disorder/infection/condition/ailment/bug
- to catch/contract/get/pick up a(n) disease/illness/infection/bug
Collocations IllnessesTopics Illnessb2Illnesses 疾病 Becoming ill 生病 - catch a cold/an infectious disease/the flu/(British English) flu/pneumonia/a virus/(informal) a bug
染上感冒/传染病/流感/肺炎/病毒/小毛病 - get (British English) ill/(North American English) sick/a disease/AIDS/breast cancer/a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
患病/艾滋病/乳腺癌/感冒/流感/偏头痛 - come down with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu
得了感冒/流感 - contract a deadly disease/a serious illness/HIV/AIDS
感染致命疾病/严重疾病/艾滋病病毒/艾滋病 - be infected with a virus/a parasite/HIV
受病毒/寄生虫/艾滋病病毒感染 - develop cancer/diabetes/a rash/an ulcer/symptoms of hepatitis
患上癌症/糖尿病/皮疹/溃疡;出现肝炎症状 - have a heart attack/a stroke
心脏病/中风发作 - provoke/trigger/produce an allergic reaction
引起/产生过敏反应 - block/burst/rupture a blood vessel
使血管阻塞/破裂 - damage/sever a nerve/an artery/a tendon
损伤/切断神经/动脉/肌腱
Being ill 病了 - feel (British English) ill/nauseous/queasy
- be running (British English) a temperature/(North American English) a fever
发烧 - have a head cold/diabetes/heart disease/lung cancer/a headache/(British English) a high temperature/(North American English) a fever
患伤风感冒/糖尿病/心脏病/肺癌;头痛;发烧 - suffer from asthma/malnutrition/frequent headaches/bouts of depression/a mental disorder
患哮喘/营养不良症/经常性头痛/多发性抑郁症/精神错乱 - be laid up with/ (British English) be in bed with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
因感冒/流感/偏头痛而卧床休息 - nurse a cold/a headache/a hangover
调治感冒/头痛/宿醉 - battle/fight cancer/depression/addiction/alcoholism
与癌症/抑郁症作斗争;戒瘾;戒酒
Treatments 治疗 - examine a patient
给病人做检查 - diagnose a condition/disease/disorder
诊断疾病 - be diagnosed with cancer/diabetes/schizophrenia
诊断为癌症/糖尿病/精神分裂症 - prescribe/be given/be on/take drugs/medicine/medication/pills/painkillers/antibiotics
开/得到/服用药/药片/止痛药/抗生素 - treat somebody for cancer/depression/shock
治疗某人的癌症/抑郁症/休克 - have/undergo an examination/an operation/surgery/a kidney transplant/therapy/chemotherapy/treatment for cancer
接受检查/手术/外科手术/肾移植手术/治疗/化疗/癌症治疗 - have/be given an injection/(British English) a flu jab/(North American English) a flu shot/a blood transfusion/a scan/an X-ray
打针;接种流感疫苗;接受输血;做扫描检查;照 X 光 - cure a disease/an ailment/cancer/a headache/a patient
治疗疾病/病痛/癌症/头痛/病人 - prevent the spread of disease/further outbreaks/damage to the lungs
防止疾病扩散/疾病进一步爆发/对肺部造成伤害 - be vaccinated against the flu/(British English) flu/the measles/(British English) measles/polio/smallpox
接种流感/麻疹/小儿麻痹症/天花疫苗 - enhance/boost/confer/build immunity to a disease
增加对疾病的免疫力
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- nasty
- flu
- stomach
- …
- have
- catch
- come down with
- …
- go around
- go round
- strike somebody down
- …
- with a/the bug
- (usually the… bug)[singular] (informal)
an enthusiastic interest in something such as a sport or a hobby 热衷;着迷 She's been bitten by the travel bug. 她迷上了旅游。 She was never interested in fitness before but now she's been bitten by the bug. 她以前从来不在乎健身,现在她却着了迷。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + bug- be bitten by
- catch
- get
- …
- bite (somebody)
- [countable]
a fault in a machine, especially in a computer system or program (机器,尤指计算机的)故障,程序错误,缺陷;隐错 The software is full of bugs. 这个软件漏洞百出。 My computer's really slow at the moment—it must be some kind of bug. 我的计算机现在速度特别慢,一定是出了什么故障。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- minor
- annoying
- computer
- …
- discover
- find
- fix
- …
- bug in
- [countable] (informal)
a small hidden device for listening to other people’s conversations 窃听器 They planted a bug in his hotel room. 他们在他的旅馆房间里安装了窃听器。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: of unknown origin. Current verb senses date from the early 20th cent.