"tapeworm" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 绦虫

Definition

绦虫是一种长而扁平的寄生虫，生活在动物或人的肠道中，从宿主吸收养分。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

科学和医学术语，多用于医学或教育背景。通常搭配“绦虫感染”。没有比喻用法，常与生食或未熟肉类有关。

Examples

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

一条**绦虫**可以在人体肠道里存活多年。

Doctors use medicine to remove a tapeworm.

医生用药物驱除**绦虫**。

You can get a tapeworm from eating undercooked pork.

食用未熟的猪肉可能感染**绦虫**。

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

吃了没煮熟的肉后，他发现自己感染了**绦虫**。

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

**绦虫**感染的症状一开始很难察觉。

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

一些宠物需要驱虫以防止**绦虫**传播。