flu
Word family nounfluadjectivefluey
flu /fluː/ ●●● S2 noun [uncountableU] → flue, flewMIa common illness that makes you feel very tired and weak, gives you a sore throat, and makes you cough and have to clear your nose a lot 流行性感冒,流感 SYN influenza Steven’s still in bed with flu. 史蒂文患了流感,仍卧病在床。
She’s got the flu. 她得了流感。
I couldn’t go because I had flu. 我得了流感,去不了。
a flu virus/bug the spread of the flu virus 流感病毒的传播
Doctors now fear a flu epidemic. 医生现在担心会出现流感大爆发。
flu epidemic• Fortunately, full-blown flu epidemics are relatively rare.• Ah, that was the time we had a spring flu epidemic.• Jane died in the flu epidemic in 1916. Origin flu (1800-1900) influenza