malaria
noun /məˈleəriə/
/məˈleriə/
[uncountable]- 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- severe
- have
- suffer from
- catch
- …
- case
- mosquito
- parasite
- …
词源mid 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. - An increasing number of malaria cases are reported each year.