Typhoid Mary

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who carries and spreads a dangerous disease, especially one who refuses to cooperate to minimize the risk of infection.
    — “[…] Do you know what our great fear has been? That either the grayboys or the Ripley would find a Typhoid Mary, someone who could carry it and spread it without catching it him- or herself.”

词形变化

Typhoid Marys plural

词源

Based on Mary Mallon (1869–1938), a notorious asymptomatic carrier of typhoid who refused to cooperate with the authorities about her condition until they resorted to forcible confinement.
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