a serious disease of the throat that causes difficulty in breathing 白喉 Parents are advised to have their children immunized against diphtheria. 建议家长让孩子接种抗白喉疫苗。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + diphtheria- have
- suffer from
- catch
- …
- epidemic
- vaccine
Word Originmid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from French diphthérie (earlier diphthérite), from Greek diphthera ‘skin, hide’.