a serious disease that causes a high temperature and shivering (= shaking of the body) caused by the bite of some types of mosquito 疟疾 An increasing number of malaria cases are reported each year. 上报的疟疾病例数目逐年增多。 Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes. 疟疾是由蚊子传播的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- severe
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Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Italian, from mal'aria, contracted form of mala aria ‘bad air’. The term originally denoted the unhealthy atmosphere caused by marshes, to which the disease was formerly attributed.