单词 | allergic |
释义 | allergicadj. 1. Of the nature of allergy; of or relating to allergy; caused by allergy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered sensation > [adjective] > allergy allergic1908 photoallergic1939 1908 Lancet 4 Jan. 61/2 In the course of these investigations it happened that Pirquet announced his discovery of the so-called ‘allergic reaction’. 1911 C. E. von Pirquet in Arch. Internal Med. 7 265 The allergic condition does not occur immediately after the first injection. 1935 D. Paterson & J. F. Smith Mod. Methods Feeding in Infancy & Childhood (ed. 5) ii. 31 It is a well-recognised fact that certain infants show allergic symptoms to normal breast milk. 1954 G. P. Gladstone in H. W. Florey Lect. Gen. Pathol. xxvi. 469 There are, however, certain natural diseases which differ from anaphylaxis in a number of ways but in which there is definite evidence for a similar underlying mechanism. These diseases, which have been mainly studied in man, are called allergic diseases. 1971 O. Swineford Asthma ix. 148 Treatment of allergic asthma by injecting extracts of allergens is called hyposensitization. 1999 Independent 18 June i. 7/4 (heading) Athlete ‘critical’ after allergic reaction. 2005 N.Y. Times Mag. 27 Mar. (From Cause to Cure. Breathe Easy Suppl.) 2/1 (advt.) Allergists..can conduct a thorough health history and skin or blood (RAST) tests to help determine your allergic triggers, then create a treatment plan. 2. a. Affected by allergy; having an allergy to a particular substance or agent. ΚΠ 1917 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 4 427 In cases allergic to the seed proteins of the Gramineae we see that this [sc. sensitization to all members of the family] is not generally so. 1941 Nature 9 Aug. 162/1 The ease with which allergic individuals will become sensitized to the contents of pollen grains may depend to a great extent upon the small size of the allergenic molecules. 1957 S. Kramer in E. Sagarin Cosmetics xxxviii. 879 Hypo-allergenic cosmetics are an important contribution to the allergic woman in that they enable her to continue the use of cosmetics. 1974 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 74 668/1 Ellen..told the intern that she was allergic to morphine. 1992 S. Nye Best of Men behaving Badly (2000) 2nd Ser. Episode 3. 42/1 She's allergic to strawberries. Face comes up like an elephant seal. 2005 Washington Post 10 Nov. a11/3 Nine percent of children allergic to tree nuts such as almonds and pecans outgrow their allergy. b. figurative. Sensitive or antipathetic to something or someone. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > [adjective] antipathetic1640 allergic1937 1937 New Yorker 23 Jan. 20 (caption) He's allergic to Philadelphia scrapple. 1942 Punch 26 Aug. 169/3 Colonels have a curious effect on me. Quite frankly, I am allergic to them. 1958 Observer 5 Oct. 19/4 Allergic as I am to opera on television..I cannot be relied on for an objective opinion of the B.B.C.'s two-hour presentation. 1977 R. Coover Public Burning 76 I've always been allergic to the smart-ass private cliques and fraternities, avoiding the tuxedo snobs of the other outfits by forming my own. 2000 Book Nov.–Dec. 23/3 Nobel Prize-winning German novelist..Günter Grass is similarly allergic to festivals but enamored by the various delights of Iceland. Compounds allergic rhinitis n. inflammation of the nasal passages caused by allergy, esp. to pollen or the house dust mite, typically resulting in sneezing and running of the nose. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > swelling of face > disorders of nose copper-nose1609 rhinitis1829 rhinophyma1871 nose paint1880 sinusitis1896 rhinosinusitis1908 rhinosporidiosis1910 allergic rhinitis1922 1922 C. G. Coakley Man. Dis. Nose & Throat (ed. 6) vii. 137 Our knowledge of how or when certain types of allergic rhinitis become sensitized is often obscure. 1976 R. Mackarness Not all in Mind iv. 80 Most doctors now call hay fever ‘allergic rhinitis’. 2004 Independent (Compact ed.) 15 Apr. 14/3 More than 10 million people suffer from hay fever, or seasonal allergic rhinitis, to give its proper name. Derivatives alˈlergically adv. in an allergic manner; as regards allergy. ΚΠ 1931 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 92 569 (title) The allergically active substance in ragweed pollen. 1965 Nature 4 Dec. Suppl. 980/2 The absence of any simple and entirely reliable test for determining whether a person will react allergically to penicillin or not. 1997 G. Hosking Russia (1998) iv. iii. 380 The authorities reacted allergically to the slightest symptom of separate Ukrainianism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。