Measles



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 麻疹
• ［例］ The measles cause a high fever and a skin rash of small red dots.

Webster Collegiate

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

• Etymology: Middle English meseles, plural of mesel measles, spot characteristic of measles; akin to Middle Dutch masel spot characteristic of measles
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. an acute contagious disease that is caused by a morbillivirus (species Measles virus) and is marked especially by an eruption of distinct red circular spots
  • b. any of various eruptive diseases (as German measles)
• 2. \［Middle English mesel infested with tapeworms, literally, leprous, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin misellus leper, from Latin, wretch, from misellus, diminutive of miser miserable\］ infestation with or disease caused by larval tapeworms in the muscles and tissues

---