疫苗一詞「vaccine」源自於愛德華·金納所使用的牛痘。「vacca」為拉丁文,意即牛。
A pandemic (from Greek πᾶν, pan, "all" and δῆμος, demos, "people" the 'crowd') is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of people.
novel coronavirus (n.) 新冠病毒(武漢肺炎)novel 當名詞為小說,當形容詞為新型的
outbreak (n.) 病毒爆發
droplet infection (n.) 飛沫傳染
quarantine (n.) 檢疫隔離 home isolation (n.) 居家隔離 / hospital quarantine (n.) 住院隔離
The word "quarantine" originates from quarantena, the Venetian language form, meaning "forty days".[15][3] This is due to the 40-day isolation of ships and people practised as a measure of disease prevention related to the plague
stockpile 囤貨
incubation period 潛伏期Incubate 是動詞,指「(細菌或病毒在體內)潛伏」
contract / catch / be infected with 感染、患上
Contract 是動詞「感染、患上」的意思,這是比較正式的用詞,一般也可以用 catch 來表示相同意思,後面直接加上疾病名稱。
precaution 預防、預防措施
mix and match 混打、booster shot 追加劑、疫苗混打(mixing vaccines)
一劑疫苗可以用dose (n),名詞「劑量」即為dosage
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