Typhoid or typhoid fever is a serious infectious disease that produces fever and diarrhoea and can cause death. It is spread by dirty water or food.
英汉词典释义
n.
伤寒
An outbreak of typhoid followed.继而爆发了伤寒。Typhoid fever sneaks in when sanitation fails.环境卫生搞不好,伤寒就会乘虚而入。A sudden attack of typhoid cut him off in the prime of his life.伤寒突然发作,使他年纪轻轻就被夺去了生命。Everyone who is going abroad will need to be immunized against typhoid.准备出国者均须注射伤寒预防针。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water