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疫
[yì]
名
1. 流行性急性传染病。
(Epidemic disease: a term for acute infectious diseases that are widespread.)
例: 瘟疫 (plague), 鼠疫 (bubonic plague), 防疫 (preventive measures against epidemics), 检疫 (quarantine), 疫情 (epidemic situation), 免疫 (immunity).
2. 疫鬼,古代迷信称施瘟疫的鬼。
(Demon of plague: an ancient superstition referring to the spirits believed to spread epidemics.)
例: 疫神 (demon of epidemic), 疫鬼 (spirit that spreads disease).
引:
1. 《说文》:疫,民皆疾也。
("Shuo Wen": Epidemics make all the people ill.)
2. 《字林》:疫,病流行也。
("Zi Lin": Epidemics refer to the outbreak of diseases.)
3. 《史记·天官书》:氐为天根生疫。
("Records of the Grand Historian": The Di tribe becomes the root of heaven and produces epidemics.)
4. 《汉书·刑法志》:鬻棺者欲岁之疫。
("Book of Han": The seller of coffins anticipates the epidemic of the year.)
5. 《礼记·月令》:果实早成,民殃于疫。
("Classic of Rites": When the fruit matures early, the people suffer from epidemics.)
例:
又如: 时疫; 疫死 (to die from an epidemic disease); 疫旱 (epidemic disease and drought); 疫症 (epidemic disease); 疫疠 (plague); 疫疾 (epidemic disease).