flu

Word family nounfluadjectivefluey

Related topics: Illness & disability

flu /fluː/ S2 noun [uncountableU] → flue, flew

MIa common illness that makes you feel very tired and weak, gives you a sore throat, and makes you cough and have to clear your nose a lot 流行性感冒，流感 SYN influenza

Steven’s still in bed with flu.

史蒂文患了流感，仍卧病在床。

She’s got the flu.

她得了流感。

I couldn’t go because I had flu.

我得了流感，去不了。

a flu virus/bug

the spread of the flu virus

流感病毒的传播

Doctors now fear a flu epidemic.

医生现在担心会出现流感大爆发。

Examples from the Corpus

flu• Flu shots are recommended for people 55 and older.• It is unknown how m any of those pneumonia cases were preceded by flu.• Campbell, however, was suffering from flu yesterday and a decision on his fitness will not be made until today.• Only replacement back Kenny Logan was an absentee, confined to bed suffering from the 24-hour flu bug.• Pace of flu attack hits 14-year high.• The guard said he has played a little sluggish because of the flu and an ankle sprain he suffered two weeks ago.• The economy had not just a passing cold but a bad case of the flu.• When Cottingham was 16, she got what she thought was the flu.

flu epidemic• Fortunately, full-blown flu epidemics are relatively rare.• Ah, that was the time we had a spring flu epidemic.• Jane died in the flu epidemic in 1916.

Origin flu

(1800-1900) influenza

词汇	flu
释义	flu Word family nounfluadjectivefluey Related topics: Illness & disability flu /fluː/ ●●● S2 noun [uncountableU] → flue, flew MIa common illness that makes you feel very tired and weak, gives you a sore throat, and makes you cough and have to clear your nose a lot 流行性感冒，流感 SYN influenza Steven’s still in bed with flu. 史蒂文患了流感，仍卧病在床。 She’s got the flu. 她得了流感。 I couldn’t go because I had flu. 我得了流感，去不了。 a flu virus/bug the spread of the flu virus 流感病毒的传播 Doctors now fear a flu epidemic. 医生现在担心会出现流感大爆发。 Examples from the Corpus flu• Flu shots are recommended for people 55 and older.• It is unknown how m any of those pneumonia cases were preceded by flu.• Campbell, however, was suffering from flu yesterday and a decision on his fitness will not be made until today.• Only replacement back Kenny Logan was an absentee, confined to bed suffering from the 24-hour flu bug.• Pace of flu attack hits 14-year high.• The guard said he has played a little sluggish because of the flu and an ankle sprain he suffered two weeks ago.• The economy had not just a passing cold but a bad case of the flu.• When Cottingham was 16, she got what she thought was the flu. flu epidemic• Fortunately, full-blown flu epidemics are relatively rare.• Ah, that was the time we had a spring flu epidemic.• Jane died in the flu epidemic in 1916. Origin flu (1800-1900) influenza
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