| 单词 | epidemic |
| 释义 | epidemic n. & adj. --n 1. a widespread occurrence of a disease in a community at a particular time. 2. such a disease. 3. (foll. by of) a wide prevalence of something usu. undesirable. --adj in the nature of an epidemic (cf. ENDEMIC). Derivatives epidemically adv. Etymology: F {eacute}pid{eacute}mique f. {eacute}pid{eacute}mie f. LL epidemia f. Gk epidemia prevalence of disease f. epidemios (adj.) (as EPI-, demos the people) |
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