communicable
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++com·mu·ni·ca·ble /kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl/ AWL adjective formal 1. SPREADa communicable disease can be passed on to other people 〔疾病〕传染性的 SYN infectious2. EXPRESSable to be communicated 可传达的；可沟通的
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communicable• AIDS is not communicable by food or drink.• The greatest achievements were obtained in the fight against communicable disease.• In fact leprosy is the least infectious of all the communicable diseases.• The extreme mechanistic approach that mainline medicine developed worked well for the great communicable killer diseases.• Her ideas were not easily communicable to others.• Feeling something very strongly in our mind often becomes communicable to the horse.• To know something is to participate in a communicable truth.com·mu·ni·ca·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
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communicable
com‧mu‧ni‧ca‧ble AC /kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl/
adjective formal
1. a communicable disease can be passed on to other people
SYN infectious
2. able to be communicated
com‧mu‧ni‧ca‧ble AC /kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl/
adjective formal1. a communicable disease can be passed on to other people
SYN infectious
2. able to be communicated