malaria

英 [mə'leərɪə] 美[mə'lɛrɪə]

形容词: malarial;

malaria 疟疾，瘴气

来自意大利语mala aria,坏空气，来自mala,坏的，邪恶的，aria,空气，词源同air.因古代观念认为疟疾，瘴气等疾病是由恶臭的空气引起的。

malaria: malaria: [18] The original English term for an ‘attack of malarial fever’ was ague. The word malaria did not come on the scene until the mid- 18th century. It was borrowed from Italian mal’aria, a conflation of mala aria, literally ‘bad air’. This was an allusion to the former belief that malaria was caused by foul air, and particularly by vapours given off by swamps.
=> air, malign
malaria (n.): 1740, from Italian mal'aria, from mala aria, literally "bad air," from mala "bad" (fem. of malo, from Latin malus; see mal-) + aria "air" (see air (n.1)). Probably first used by Italian physician Francisco Torti (1658-1741). The disease, now known to be mosquito-borne, once was thought to be caused by foul air in marshy districts. Replaced native ague.

1. At present, no widely approved vaccine exists for malaria.: 目前，还没有被广泛认可的疟疾疫苗。

3. Roll on the day someone develops an effective vaccine against malaria.: 盼望有一天有人会研制出一种能有效预防疟疾的疫苗。

4. They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.: 他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。