单词 | flu bug |
释义 | > as lemmasflu bug flu bug n. (originally) the influenza virus; (in later use also) influenza; an illness resembling influenza. ΚΠ 1918 Fort Des Moines (Iowa) Post 18 Oct. 5/3 Little gauze bandages which were worn over the nose and face here to keep the Spanish ‘flu’ bug from biting. 1966 Issues Criminol. 2 195 In the middle of the summer I got a cold, some sort of flu bug you know. 1990 M. Winegardner Prophet of Sandlots ix. 160 He admitted to his coach that he'd been weak from a flu bug that had run through the campus. 2011 Independent 6 Jan. 15/1 (headline) Britain phones in sick as flu bug spreads—and it's going to get worse. < as lemmas |
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