Communicable Meaning in English

word

US

kəmˈjunəkəbəɫ

kuh-MYOO-nih-kuh-buhl

UK

kəmjˈuːnɪkəbəl

kuh-MYOO-nih-kuh-buhl

释义

Able to be passed or spread from one person, animal, or thing to another, especially referring to diseases.

用法与细微差别

'Communicable' is typically used in medical or scientific contexts to describe diseases that can spread, like 'communicable diseases'. Not used for ideas or non-medical things; for information we use 'communicable' only rarely and usually say 'can be communicated.' Common collocation: 'communicable disease'.

• Spanish: contagioso - transmisible
• Portuguese (BR): contagioso - transmissível
• Portuguese (PT): contagioso - transmissível
• Chinese (Simplified): 传染性的 - 可传播的
• Chinese (Traditional): 傳染性的 - 可傳播的
• Hindi: संचारी - संक्रामक
• Arabic: مُعْدٍ - قابل للانتقال
• Bengali: সংক্রামক
• Russian: заразный
• Japanese: 感染性の
• Vietnamese: lây nhiễm
• Korean: 전염성의
• Turkish: bulaşıcı
• Urdu: متعدی
• Indonesian: menular

例句

Flu is a communicable disease.

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A communicable illness can spread quickly.

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Is tuberculosis communicable?

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COVID-19 is highly communicable in crowded places.

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Doctors warn that the virus is more communicable than they first thought.

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Some communicable diseases can be prevented by vaccination.

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