英语释义

1. highly variable influenza A of birds caused by any of the subtypes of the causative orthomyxovirus of which some strains have been or may be transmitted to other vertebrates including humans especially after undergoing mutation — called also avian flu — compare bird flu

2. influenza of birds that is caused by any of several subtypes (such as H5N2 or H7N7) of an orthomyxovirus (species Influenza A virus of the genus Influenzavirus A) of which some strains have been transmitted to other vertebrates including humans especially after undergoing mutation
Most cases of avian influenza infection in humans have resulted from contact with infected poultry (e.g., domesticated chicken, ducks, and turkeys) or surfaces contaminated with secretion/excretions from infected birds.
— The Tennessee Tribune (Nashville), 23 Mar. 2006 And as you read this, millions of birds are being eliminated in Asia and elsewhere in an effort to contain avian flu.
— Barry Gewen, The New York Times Book Review, 14 Mar. 2004 — called also fowl pest, fowl plague — see bird flu

片语

bird flu禽流感

avian influenza禽流感；家禽流行性感冒

英汉例句

• On a more sobering note, the report notes that avian flu is now endemic in the poultry flocks of many countries in the region and indeed has spread to Europe and central Asia.

  报告以一种使人清醒的口气指出，禽流感目前在东亚很多国家的禽类中流行，并确实已传播到欧洲和中亚。

• Repeated outbreaks of avian flu in recent years have prompted widespread fear that a new strain might develop into a global scourge.

  近些年来，禽流感的不断爆发致使人们普遍担心是否会形成一轮新的全球灾难。

• The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation countries, the European Union, and the UN Economic and Social Council all recently held special sessions on avian flu and human pandemic influenza.

  亚太经济合作组织各国、欧洲联盟以及联合国经济及社会理事会最近都举行了关于禽流感和人类大流行性流感的特别会议。

• The H5N1 avian flu virus is sweeping through flocks of poultry in Asia and sometimes Africa and Europe.

  H5N1型禽流感病毒席卷了亚洲，非洲和欧洲成群的家禽。

• Since January, the H5N1 avian flu virus has re-emerged and caused deaths across Asia and in Egypt.

  今年一月以来，H5N1禽流感病毒重现，造成亚洲地区和埃及数人死亡。

• Asian airports have turned on their heat-sensing equipment to detect sick incoming passengers (kit that they had installed after earlier scares resulting from outbreaks of avian flu and SARS).

  亚洲的各大机场已经将发热感应设备打开，以此来检测发热的到来旅客(这些设备在受到早前的禽流感以及SARS恐吓之后就已安装)。

• Access to quality Veterinary Services is essential not only to bring the current avian flu crisis under control but also to ensure rapid detection of other emerging diseases and rapid intervention.

  获得高质量的兽医服务非常重要。这不仅是控制住目前的禽流感的需要，也是确保迅速发现其它新生疾病并采取快速干预措施的需要。

• Last year AXA, a French insurer, issued so-called mortality catastrophe bonds to protect itself in the event of large death tolls caused by, say, avian flu or terrorism.

  去年法国安盛保险公司(AXA)发行名为死亡率巨灾债券，以规避由禽流感或恐怖主义所造成大量死亡人口对自身带来的损失。

• A: I'm very surprised to see conflict between people working, for example, on avian flu or malaria research, saying that too much money is devoted to HIV and not enough to other diseases.

  答：当从事诸如禽流感或疟疾研究的人认为投入到艾滋病毒方面的钱过多而投入其它疾病的钱不足时，看到这种矛盾我感到很吃惊。

• Finding this out might help us find a way of fighting the present H5N1 avian flu virus strain.

  弄清这个问题将有助于我们寻找到一条途径去抗击目前的H5N1禽流感病毒株。

• Mice susceptible to the avian flu virus were passively immunized with one of the four antibodies or a control antibody to either diphtheria or anthrax.

  小鼠容易受到禽流感的被动免疫接种，其中四个抗体或对照抗体要么是白喉要么是炭疽。