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    anthrax

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    an·thrax /ˈænθræks/ noun [uncountable]  MIHBAa serious disease affecting cattle and sheep, which can affect humans 〔牛羊疾病，可传染人类〕
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    anthrax• They were far more likely to take medicine for the sheep which suffered from anthrax, toxaemia and fluke.• From 1889 to 1904 McFadyean was also keenly interested in the problems of anthrax disease in animals.• If you go fertilizing with unsterilized bonemeal, for instance, hold your breath; the stuff can be crawling with anthrax germs.    Origin anthrax (1300-1400) Latin Greek, “coal, large red swelling on the skin”
    an·thrax nounChineseSyllable
    Corpus cattle which serious and humans a affecting disease can sheep, affect


    anthrax
    an‧thrax /ˈænθræks/ noun [uncountable]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Latin
     Origin: Greek, 'coal, large red swelling on the skin'
    a serious disease affecting cattle and sheep, which can affect humans


    an·thraxBrE /ˈænθræks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈænθræks/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a serious disease that affects sheep and cows and sometimes people, and can cause death 炭疽（牛羊疾病，人偶得，可致命）