superbug

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics (e.g., MDR, XDR). informal
    — But now we’re seeing increasing numbers of superbugs that survive antibiotics. One of the best-known —[is] MRSA, a kind of staph infection [that]— kills about 18,000 Americans annually. That’s more than die of AIDS.
  2. Any pathogen resistant to many, even all, of the biocides or other agents used to treat similar pathogens. informal
  3. An invasive insect, Bemisia tabaci, that is a major pest of vegetable crops, both directly and as a virus vector. US

词形变化

superbugs plural

词汇关系

下位词
super gonorrhea

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
English bug
English superbug
From super- + bug.
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