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allergy

noun
🔊/ˈælədʒi/
🔊/ˈælərdʒi/
(plural allergies)
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  1. a medical condition that causes you to react badly or feel ill when you eat or touch a particular substance变态反应；过敏反应
    • He suffers from a severe nut allergy.他患有严重的坚果过敏症。
    • Food allergies affect six to eight per cent of children.食物过敏影响6％至8％的儿童。
    • allergy to something I have an allergy to animal hair.我对动物毛过敏。🔊🔊
    • Hay fever is caused by an allergy to pollen.花粉症是由对花粉过敏引起的。
    Extra Examples
    • Hair and feathers can cause allergies.毛发和羽毛能引起过敏。
    • He developed an allergy to wheat.他对小麦过敏。
    • In severe cases your doctor may recommend allergy shots.如果情况严重，医生会建议打几针抗过敏药。
    • You may wish to consult a food allergy specialist for help in planning your diet.你也许想在准备食谱时咨询一下食物过敏方面的专家。
    Topics Illnessb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • food
    • milk
    • nut
    • …
    verb + allergy
    • have
    • suffer from
    • develop
    • …
    allergy + noun
    • sufferer
    • specialist
    • symptom
    • …
    preposition
    • allergy to
    • allergy in
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    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from German Allergie, from Greek allos ‘other’, on the pattern of Energie ‘energy’.