pandemic
美音:
[pæn´demık
]英音:
[pæn´demık
]adj.全国流行的
难易程度:
pandemic为短语/超纲词汇
词根
dem=people(民众)
pandemic
/pæn'demɪk; pæn`dɛmɪk/
n, adj disease occurring over a whole country or the whole world 全国或全世界流行的(疾病). Cf 参看 endemic, epidemic.
pandemic
n[C][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Greek;Origin: pandemos, from pan- (
PAN-) + demos
'people']
technical a disease that affects people over a very large area or the whole world
→
endemic, epidemic
epidemic the AIDS pandemic>pandemicadj