| 单词 | infected |
| 释义 | infected (once / 976 pages) adj When someone's infected, they've been exposed to an organism that causes a disease. It's too late for an infected person to get a flu vaccine — they already have the flu. In some cases, bodies of water can be described as infected, or contaminated with bacteria that can make people sick. Infected food or water supplies can make entire cities fall ill. And a classroom full of infected toddlers means that their teachers and families will probably catch their colds. Infected, from the verb infect, is rooted in the Latin inficere, "to spoil or stain." WORD FAMILYinfected: uninfected+/disinfect: disinfectant, disinfected, disinfecting, disinfection, disinfects/disinfectant: disinfectants/infect: disinfect, infected, infecting, infection, infective, infects, superinfect/infection: infections, infectious, superinfection/infectious: infectiously, noninfectious USAGE EXAMPLESUnlike some of Trump’s other national security advisers, though, Kelly does not appear to be infected with bizarrely virulent anti-Muslim prejudice. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) A picture of muddy children’s gloves reminds you of the utter squalor that infected the whole site. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) The brain defect may occur when a mother is infected with Zika while pregnant. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) adj containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms Syn|Ant septic unhealthful detrimental to good health abscessedinfected and filled with pus dirty, pestiferouscontaminated with infecting organisms contaminativemaking impure by contact or mixing purulent, pussycontaining pus infectious, infectivecaused by infection or capable of causing infection putrefacient, putrefactivecausing or promoting bacterial putrefaction septicemiccharacteristic of septicemia germyfull of germs or pathological microorganisms antiseptic thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms cleanfree from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits healthfulconducive to good health of body or mind aseptic, sterilefree of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms bactericidal, disinfectant, germicidalpreventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms cleansing, purifyingacting like an antiseptic nonpurulentnot containing pus clean, uninfectedfree from sepsis or infection germfreefree from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile |
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