infection
英英释意
- 1. the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
- 2. (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
- 3. (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
- 4. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- 5. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people;
- "a contagion of mirth"
- "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
- 6. moral corruption or contamination;
- "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
- 7. (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure