mumps

英 [mʌmps] 美 [mʌmps]
  • n. [内科] 流行性腮腺炎;愠怒;生气

助记提示


1. The dialect noun mump meant 'grimace'; and the use of its plural mumps for the disease is thought to have been originally an allusion to the distorted expression caused by the swollen neck glands.
2. mum, mumble, mummer => the syllable mum, representing an 'indistinct sound made through closed lips' => mump 'to whine like a beggar, sulk' => mump "a grimace" => mumps (plural of mump).
3. The infectious disease probably so called in reference to swelling of the salivary glands of the face and/or to painful difficulty swallowing.
4. 谐音“麻婆死、麻婆腮”------麻婆得了腮腺炎死了。
5. mum + p + s => 妈妈怕腮 => 妈妈怕得腮腺炎。

双语例句


1. The child has the mumps.
这孩子患了腮腺炎.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Mumps is a children's disease.
腮腺炎是一种儿童疾病.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. Measles, mumps and whooping cough are spreading again because children are not being vaccinated.
因为孩子们没接种疫苗,麻疹、腮腺炎和百日咳又蔓延开来。

来自柯林斯例句

4. She was bed - ridden with the mumps for weeks on end.
因为腮腺炎她接连卧床好几星期.

来自辞典例句

5. Poor Dick has gone down with mumps.
可怜的迪克得了流行性腮腺炎.

来自辞典例句

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