infective

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is capable of spreading a disease by infecting others.
    — It is evident that the greater the number of susceptibles, then the greater the increase in the number of infectives.
形容词 adj.
  1. Able to cause infection; infectious
    — Hirsch has followed a group of 85 health care workers who were exposed to blood and bodily fluids of persons with AIDS. Thirty had been exposed by accidentally sticking themselves with needles containing blood and three had been spattered or had an open wound exposed to potentially infective blood.

词形变化

more infective comparative most infective superlative infectives plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English infect
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English infective
From infect + -ive.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English infect
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English infective
From infect + -ive.
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