- [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? 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.