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vaccine

noun
🔊/ˈvæksiːn/
🔊/vækˈsiːn/
 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. a substance that is put into the blood and that protects the body from a disease疫苗
    • a measles vaccine麻疹疫苗
    • There is no vaccine against HIV infection.现在还没有防止感染艾滋病病毒的疫苗。🔊🔊
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    • Researchers are trying to develop a vaccine against the disease.研究人员正在努力研制预防这种疾病的疫苗。
    • The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
    • The vaccine protects babies and children against tuberculosis.这种疫苗能防止婴幼儿染上肺结核。
    • a live vaccine containing the polio virus含有脊髓灰质炎病毒的活疫苗
    • a vaccine for meningitis预防脑膜炎的疫苗
    • a vaccine to prevent rubella预防风疹的疫苗
    • one dose of BCG vaccine一剂卡介苗
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • effective
    • safe
    • flu
    • …
    … of vaccine
    • dose
    verb + vaccine
    • give somebody
    • have
    • receive
    • …
    vaccine + verb
    • protect somebody
    • prevent something
    vaccine + noun
    • development
    • research
    • trial
    • …
    preposition
    • vaccine against
    • vaccine for
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin vaccinus, from vacca ‘cow’ (because of the early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox).