| 单词 | contagion |
| 释义 | contagion —contagioned, adj. /keuhn tay"jeuhn/, n. 1. the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact. 2. a disease so communicated. 3. the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted. 4. harmful or undesirable contact or influence. 5. the ready transmission or spread as of an idea or emotion from person to person: a contagion of fear. [1350-1400; ME ( < MF) < L contagion- (s. of contagio) contact, infection, equiv. to con- CON- + tag- (var. s. of tangere to touch) + -ion- -ION; cf. CONTACT] |
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