“禽流感”英语怎么说
摘要:印度尼西亚雅加达卫生部门官员9日说,一名23岁的疑似禽流感患者7日死亡。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?
An Indonesian man aged 23 years old who was suspected of having infected by avian flu virus died at 22:50 pm local time on January 7, an official said here on Monday.
Dr. Dien Emawati, M Kes., head of Health Department at the Province of Jakarta, said that the patient was suspected of being infected by the virus as he was sick following the death of one of his pigeon a week before.
印度尼西亚雅加达卫生部门官员9日说,一名23岁的疑似禽流感患者7日死亡。
雅加达卫生部门负责人艾玛瓦迪说,这名患者家里的一只鸽子一周前死亡。患者1月3日入院治疗时,出现高烧、呕吐和昏迷症状,窒息死亡。医生在这名病人身上发现了鸽子的接触因子。
【讲解】
最近除了印尼,中国的深圳也有市民因为禽流感而死。“禽流感”的英语就是“avian flu”。我们也可以说“bird flu”。avain就是禽类的意思,flu就是流感的意思。Indonesian就是印尼的,印尼人。而印尼的英语就是,Indonesia。该男子因为自家养的鸽子而受到感染,鸽子的英语就是pigeon。pigeon和dove的区别在于,pigeon多指家鸽,而dove多指较小品种的鸽子,在美国也称为野鸽。