"tapeworm" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 絛蟲

Definition

絛蟲是一種長而扁平的寄生蟲，生活在動物或人的腸道中，吸收宿主的養分。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

生物、醫學用語，主要出現在醫療或教育語境。常用“絛蟲感染”。無比喻含義，常和未煮熟的肉類有關。

Examples

A tapeworm can live in a person's intestines for years.

一條**絛蟲**可以在人類腸道中存活多年。

Doctors use medicine to remove a tapeworm.

醫生會用藥物驅除**絛蟲**。

You can get a tapeworm from eating undercooked pork.

喫沒煮熟的豬肉可能會感染**絛蟲**。

After eating badly cooked meat, he discovered he had a tapeworm.

喫了沒煮熟的肉後，他發現自己感染了**絛蟲**。

The symptoms of a tapeworm infection can be hard to notice at first.

**絛蟲**感染的徵狀一開始很難察覺。

Some pets need to be dewormed to prevent tapeworms from spreading.

有些寵物需要驅蟲以防**絛蟲**傳播。