| 单词 | flu cold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflu cold b. More generally: a relatively severe or feverish common cold or similar acute respiratory infection (also flu cold). Also (with distinguishing word): any of various illnesses with influenza-like symptoms.yuppie flu: see the first element.In some contexts difficult to distinguish from sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > common cold or catarrh poseOE rheuma1398 cold?a1425 snekec1440 refraidourc1450 murr1451 gravedity1547 coldment1578 snorea1585 catarrh1588 coqueluche1611 gravediny1620 coryza1634 snurl1674 catch-cold1706 gravedo1706 common cold1713 coolth?1748 snuffles1770 snifters1808 influenza cold1811 snaffles1822 the sniffles1825 snuffiness1834 crying cold1843 flu1899 1899 Punch 27 Dec. 305/2 On the same principle..the Running Cold in the Head, and the Serial Attack of Flu will be current, if not fashionable, at this season of the year. 1919 Jrnl. Amer. Osteopathic Assoc. Mar. 352/1 Undoubtedly this is beneficial even in cases of ‘colds’, especially in ‘flu’ colds, of moderate severity. 1939 Indiana State Board of Health Monthly Bull. 42 8/2 This practise of calling every cold a case of ‘flu’ is responsible for much misunderstanding. 1955 A. Atkinson Exit Charlie (1957) iv. 111 We're short-handed, for one thing—we have two girls off with flu, and a temporary woman we got in is terribly slow. 1971 ‘A. Cross’ Theban Myst. x.145 It's just one of those flu things I always seem to get at winter's last gasp, nothing serious. 1982 I. Hamilton Robert Lowell vi. 79 Jean..began falling victim to a series of minor illnesses—six-week flu,..strange fevers that came and went. 1992 Independent 30 June 13/5 ‘Dipping flu’ has long been accepted by farmers as a routine hazard and few ever report it to the doctor. 2000 Daily Tel. 17 Aug. 18/8 If you suffer from recurrent fevers, headaches and chills, you may be coming down with pigeon flu. The disease, transmitted to people in dried pigeon droppings, is on the increase. 2004 Sugar Nov. 45/2 French kissing could help you fight off flus and colds. 2010 Church Times 19 Feb. 17/1 Think of the times when you have just had a filthy cold or ‘man flu’. < as lemmas |
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