coronavirus

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kəˈɹəʊnəˌvaɪɹəs/    美 /kəˈɹoʊnəˌvaɪɹəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA. countable,uncountable
    — A new group of viruses with the name of coronaviruses has been recognized by an informal group of virologists who have sent their conclusions to Nature. […] In the opinion of the eight virologists these viruses are members of a previously unrecognized group which they suggest should be called the coronaviruses, to recall the characteristic appearance by which these viruses are identified in the electron microscope.
  2. A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.; SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19. countable,uncountable
    — A woman in her 70s was confirmed as the first coronavirus death in the UK on Thursday as Downing Street warned that it was now highly likely that the virus would spread in “a significant way”.
  3. An illness caused by a coronavirus. countable,metonymically,uncountable
  4. An illness caused by a coronavirus.; COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. countable,metonymically,uncountable

词形变化

coronaviruses plural corona virus alternative corona-virus alternative

词汇关系

近义词
crown virus corona rona Wuhan virus Wuhan coronavirus China virus Chinese virus Wuhan flu kung flu
衍生词
alphacoronavirus anticoronavirus betacoronavirus bovine coronavirus corona corona belly corona blues coronacoaster coronahoax coronaphobia coronapocalypse Coronatide coronaviral coronavirion coronavirologist coronavirology coronavirosis coronavirus disease 2019 coronaviruslike coronavirus party coronial COVID-19 deltacoronavirus feline coronavirus gammacoronavirus murine coronavirus noncoronavirus pancoronavirus porcine respiratory coronavirus postcoronavirus precoronavirus rona Wuhan coronavirus

词源

From corona (“crown-like circle of light appearing around the sun”) + virus. Corona is derived from Latin corōna (“garland, wreath; crown”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “something curved; curved stern of a ship; end, point, tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). The name refers to the characteristic appearance of its virions by electron microscopy, which have a fringe of surface projections creating an image reminiscent of a solar corona. Compare the former genus name Coronavirus.
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