vaccine的中文意思

时间: 2024-09-29 15:52:09

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vaccine
/ vAk5si:n5vAk7si:n /

◙ noun
1. [Medicine] a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease
• [医] 疫苗，菌苗
»there is no vaccine against HIV infection.
还没有抗艾滋病感染的疫苗。
[Computing] a program designed to detect computer viruses, and prevent them from operating
• [计算机] 杀毒软件

【派生】

♦ vaccinal adjective

【语源】

1. late 18th cent.: from Latin vaccinus, from vacca 'cow' (because of the early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox)