epidemic英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population.

— At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].
An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a human population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.
A heightened occurrence of anything harmful. broadly,colloquial

— Even before the pandemic, the United States surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, said the country was experiencing an “epidemic of loneliness,” driven by the accelerated pace of life and the spread of technology into all of our social interactions.
The spreading of an idea or belief amongst a population. figuratively

— Lord Avonleigh was at once liberated from his imprisonment, well prepared to be considered, and to consider himself, a martyr to the cause of loyalty; and as the services of the rich nobleman,...his claims to notice and favour were most graciously acknowledged. Accordingly, he returned to his seat in a little fever of royal devotedness—it was the fashionable epidemic; and who coming from Whitehall could be without it?

形容词 adj.

Of, related to, or being an epidemic: a widespread outbreak of disease in humans.

— The tetany that was epidemic among slaved children was actually the result of severe calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D deficiency caused by chronic malnutrition.
Like an epidemic: widespread in a bad way. figuratively

— Epidemic hysteria occurred upon the incumbent’s reelection.

词形变化

epidemics plural epidemick alternative epidemical alternative more epidemic comparative most epidemic superlative epidemick alternative epidemical alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

antiepidemic epicurve epidemic curve epidemiclike iatroepidemic infodemic interepidemic microepidemic midepidemic panepidemic post-epidemic postepidemic pre-epidemic preepidemic pseudoepidemic subepidemic syndemic virgin soil epidemic hyperepidemic ecoepidemic endemoepidemic epidemically epidemicity nonepidemic

词源

词源 1

From French épidémique, from épidémie, from Medieval Latin epidēmia, reanalysis of plural Late Latin epidēmia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). By surface analysis, epi- (“on”) + demic (“of the people”).

词源 2

From French épidémique, from épidémie, from Medieval Latin epidēmia, reanalysis of plural Late Latin epidēmia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). By surface analysis, epi- (“on”) + demic (“of the people”).