「豬流感」(Swine flu)是一種感染豬的呼吸道疾病,由A型流行性感冒引起,在豬群間會規律性爆發,疾病引起動物大量生病情況但極少有致命性,通常在秋天及冬天容易擴散,但也會整年循環。目前有多種不同類型的豬流感存在且與人類流感相似,感染情況持續變化。
(節錄自http://pufanchiang.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-post_26.html)
今日就等我地講下佢嘅英文喇~
北美流感原本叫豬流感,英文叫做Swine Flu.
Swine = 豬
如果Swine講緊嘅係noun嘅話,都有分講人定動物架wor
swine (PERSON)
noun [C] plural swine or swines OLD-FASHIONED
=a person whom you consider to be extremely unpleasant and unkind:(豬玀)
e.g. You filthy swine!
e.g. Her ex-husband sounds like an absolute swine
(用呢個字鬧人係好無禮貌架,所以大家唔好用黎鬧人呀!)
swine (ANIMAL)
noun [C] plural swine OLD USE OR SPECIALIZED
=a pig (豬)
Swine 仲可以用作idiom (即英文嘅成語)
cast pearls before swine
=to offer something valuable or good to someone who does not know its value:
e.g. I'm afraid you're casting pearls before swine with your good advice - he won't listen.
即係「對牛彈琴」咁既意思
flu
noun [U] (FORMAL influenza)
an infectious illness which is like a very bad cold, but which causes a fever:
e.g. a flu virus
e.g. to catch/get/have (the) flu
即感冒,全寫為Influenza
By Kay
References:
http://pufanchiang.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-post_26.html
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
http://www.usingenglish.com/