vaccine
n. 疫苗
释义2:
vaccine
/ vAk5si:n5vAk7si:n /
◙ noun1. [Medicine] a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease• [医] 疫苗,菌苗 »there is no vaccine against HIV infection. 还没有抗艾滋病感染的疫苗。 [Computing] a program designed to detect computer viruses, and prevent them from operating• [计算机] 杀毒软件【派生】
♦ vaccinal adjective【语源】
1. late 18th cent.: from Latin vaccinus, from vacca 'cow' (because of the early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox)
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