dysentery

名词 n.
/ˈdɪs.ən.tə.ɹi/|/ˈdɪs.ən.tɹi/    /ˈdɪs.ənˌtɛɹ.i/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces. countable,uncountable
    — We ate, we drank, and we were merry / and we got typhoid and dysentery.
  2. diarrhea. countable,uncountable

词形变化

dysenteries plural

词源

From Middle English dissenterie, from Old French dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + ἔντερα (éntera, “bowels”).
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