"cowpox" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 牛痘

Definition

牛痘是一种主要感染牛的轻微病毒性疾病，也会感染人类并引起水疱或溃疡。它在天花疫苗的发明中起了重要作用。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

主要出现在科学、历史或医学语境中，尤其讲到疫苗的发展时。日常用语较少出现“牛痘”，常与天花和疫苗发明联系在一起。

Examples

Cowpox was important in the history of vaccines.

**牛痘**在疫苗史上很重要。

People can get cowpox from touching infected cows.

人们接触感染的牛可能会得**牛痘**。

Cowpox usually causes only mild symptoms in humans.

**牛痘**通常在人类身上只引起轻微症状。

Edward Jenner used cowpox to make the first smallpox vaccine.

爱德华·詹纳用**牛痘**制作了第一支天花疫苗。

Farmers sometimes worried that cowpox could spread to their families.

农民有时担心**牛痘**会传染给家人。

If someone got cowpox, they usually didn't get smallpox later.

如果有人得了**牛痘**，他们通常不会再得天花。