malaria: [18] The original English term for an ‘a(chǎn)ttack of malarial fever’ was ague. The word malaria did not come on the scene until the mid- 18th century. It was borrowed from Italian mal’aria, a conflation of mala aria, literally ‘bad air’. This was an allusion to the former belief that malaria was caused by foul air, and particularly by vapours given off by swamps. => air, malign
malaria (n.)
1740, from Italian mal'aria, from mala aria, literally "bad air," from mala "bad" (fem. of malo, from Latin malus; see mal-) + aria "air" (see air (n.1)). Probably first used by Italian physician Francisco Torti (1658-1741). The disease, now known to be mosquito-borne, once was thought to be caused by foul air in marshy districts. Replaced native ague.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. At present, no widely approved vaccine exists for malaria.
目前，還沒(méi)有被廣泛認(rèn)可的瘧疾疫苗。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Malaria is bursting out again all over the world.
瘧疾突然又在全世界流行起來(lái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Roll on the day someone develops an effective vaccine against malaria.
盼望有一天有人會(huì)研制出一種能有效預(yù)防瘧疾的疫苗。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.