epidemic

[.epi'demik]

n.流行病, 传染病
adj.流行的, 传染性的

例句与用法：

A flu epidemic raged through the school for weeks.

流感在这所学校里蔓延了几个星期。

The village is suffering from a cholera epidemic.

这个村庄正流行霍乱。

A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.

瘟疫通常指一种致命的传染病，尤指淋巴腺鼠疫

Football hooliganism is now reaching epidemic proportions.

足球比赛中恣意闹事现在已经达到愈演愈烈的地步。

There has recently been an epidemic of crime in our major cities.

近来我们一些大城市中罪案频繁。

I have an influenza epidemic.

我得了流行性感冒。

词形变化：

副词: epidemically | 异体字: epidemical |

详细释义：

a.

1. 流行性, 传染的

2. (风尚等)极为流行的

Buying goods on the installment plan has become epidemic in recent years.

近几年来, 用分期付款的办法购物十分流行。

n.[C]

1. 流行病, 时疫

2. (流行病的)传播

an epidemic of hepatitis

肝炎的流行

3. (风尚等的)流行