Contagion

[kən'teɪdʒ(ə)n] or [kən'tedʒən]

解释:

(noun.) the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; 'a contagion of mirth'; 'the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry'.

整理:卢修斯--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.

(n.) That which serves as a medium or agency to transmit disease; a virus produced by, or exhalation proceeding from, a diseased person, and capable of reproducing the disease.

(n.) The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm.

(n.) Venom; poison.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Infection.[2]. Contamination, taint.

录入:洛伦佐

解释:

n. transmission of a disease from the sick to the healthy either by direct contact of a part affected with the disease or through the medium of the excretions or exhalations of the body.—n. Contā′gionist one who believes that certain diseases are contagious.—adj. Contā′gious that may be communicated by contact.—adv. Contā′giously.—ns. Contā′giousness; Contā′gium the supposed morbific matter by means of which disease spreads.—Contagious Diseases Acts a series of laws passed in 1865 and succeeding years for the better regulation of prostitutes in certain seaport and military towns.

整理:纳特