cowpox

/ˈkaʊpɑks/

Meanings

noun

牛痘

A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.

Examples :

"The farmer developed cowpox after tending to his sick cows, but thankfully, this meant he was now immune to smallpox. "

在照顾生病的奶牛后，这位农民得了牛痘，但谢天谢地，这意味着他现在对天花免疫了。

Related Words

occurring verb

/əˈkɜːɹɪŋ/ /əˈkɝɪŋ/

发生，出现。

"The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds."

起飞将在精确的十二秒后发生。

tending verb

/ˈtɛndɪŋ/

呈递，提供。

""The farmer, tending his customary rent of grain, hoped the lord would accept it despite the poor harvest." "

农民呈递他惯常应缴的谷物租金，希望领主尽管收成不好也能接受。

smallpox noun

/ˈsmɔːlpɒks/ /ˈsmɔlpɑks/

天花

"The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy."

欧洲人带来了新的疾病，例如天花、麻疹、痢疾、流感、梅毒和麻风病。

eruptive noun

/ɪˈɹʌptɪv/

喷出岩，火山岩。

"The geologist showed us a piece of basalt, explaining that it was an eruptive formed from rapidly cooled lava. "

地质学家给我们展示了一块玄武岩，解释说它是一种喷出岩，是由迅速冷却的熔岩形成的。

thankfully adverb

/ˈθæŋkfəli/ /θæŋkˈfʊli/

感谢地，庆幸地

"The rain stopped, and thankfully, we were able to have our picnic in the park. "

雨停了，谢天谢地，我们终于可以在公园里野餐了。

principally adverb

/ˈprɪnsəpəli/ /ˈprɪnsəpli/

主要地，首要地

"The garden club meeting was principally about planning the annual flower show. "

园艺社的会议主要是关于策划年度花展。

developed verb

/dɪˈvɛləpt/

发展，进展

"My baking skills have developed significantly since I started taking the online course. "

自从我开始上在线课程后，我的烘焙技巧已经有了显著的进展。

touching adjective

/ˈtʌtʃɪŋ/

感人的，令人动容的

"a touching story"

一个令人动容的故事

lesions noun

/ˈliʒənz/

病灶，损伤。

"The athlete suffered several lesions on his arm during the intense training session. "

在激烈的训练中，这位运动员的手臂上出现了几处损伤。

disease noun

/dɪˈziːz/ /dɪˈziz/

疾病，病症。

"The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and fruit withered."

那些番茄植株得了一种病，叶子上出现了很多斑点，果实也枯萎了。

immunity noun

/ɪˈmjuːnəti/

免疫力，抵抗力

"After getting the chickenpox vaccine, the child developed immunity to the disease. "

孩子打了水痘疫苗后，就对水痘这种病有了免疫力。

infection noun

/ɪnˈfɛkʃən/

感染，传染。

"The infection spread quickly through the classroom after one student got sick. "

一个学生生病后，感染很快就在教室里蔓延开来。