a substance that is put into the blood and that protects the body from a disease 疫苗 Extra ExamplesTopics Medicinec1Researchers are trying to develop a vaccine against the disease. 研究人员正在努力研制预防这种疾病的疫苗。 The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives. 脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。 The vaccine protects babies and children against tuberculosis. 这种疫苗能防止婴幼儿染上肺结核。 a live vaccine containing the polio virus 含有脊髓灰质炎病毒的活疫苗 a vaccine for meningitis 预防脑膜炎的疫苗 a vaccine to prevent rubella 预防风疹的疫苗 one dose of BCG vaccine 一剂卡介苗
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- effective
- safe
- flu
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- dose
- give somebody
- have
- receive
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- protect somebody
- prevent something
- development
- research
- trial
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- vaccine against
- vaccine for
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin vaccinus, from vacca ‘cow’ (because of the early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox).