measles meaning in 日本語 | English Dictionary

📖 定義

noun
麻疹; 豚熱; 木材の斑点

EN: An acute infectious disease caused by the measles virus, characterized by fever, cough, runny nose, and a distinctive red rash that spreads over the body.; A similar disease in animals, especially a viral infection in pigs or cattle characterized by skin lesions.; A condition in timber where the wood is discolored with small spots, resembling the rash of the disease.

🔗 詳細

単語の形

不可算

連語

catch measleshave measlesGerman measlesmeasles outbreakmeasles vaccinemeasles rash

派生語

measly

同義語

rubeolamorbilli

混同しやすい語

rubella

EN: 'Rubella' (German measles) is a different, milder viral disease; 'measles' (rubeola) is the more severe illness.

ja: '風疹'（ドイツかぜ）は異なる、より軽度のウイルス性疾患です。一方、「麻疹」（るいびょう）はより重症な疾患です。

綴りのヒント

EN: Despite ending in -s, 'measles' is a singular noun and takes singular verb agreement: 'Measles is highly contagious.' Do not write 'measle' as a singular form.

ja: -s で終わっているにもかかわらず、「measles」は単数名詞であり、単数の動詞と一致します。「Measles is highly contagious.」単数形として「measle」と書かないでください。

💬 例文

The child was kept home from school after being diagnosed with measles.

その子は麻疹と診断された後、学校から自宅に留め置かれた。
The farmer noticed signs of measles in several of his pigs.

農家は数頭の豚で豚熱の兆候に気づいた。
The carpenter rejected the plank because of the measles in the grain.

大工は木目の斑点のため、その板材を拒否した。