单词 | chicken flu |
释义 | > as lemmaschicken flu chicken flu n. respiratory disease affecting chickens, (in later use) spec. avian influenza; (also) any influenza virus originating in chickens; disease caused in humans or other mammals by such a virus; cf. bird flu n. at bird n. Compounds 2a. ΚΠ 1918 Moline (Illinois) Daily Disp. 26 Nov. 14/4 Hundreds of chickens in Reck Island county are now suffering with roup, or chicken flu. 1998 Daily Tel. 11 May 8/4 The latest flu strain—‘chicken flu’, or influenza virus A(H5N1)—was first identified in Hong Kong last summer. 2009 Winnipeg Free Press 23 May e3/3 Only two years ago the chicken flu hurt Asian tourism. < as lemmas |
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