virus

英 [ˈvaɪrəs]

美 [ˈvaɪrəs]

n. 病毒; 滤过性病毒; 病毒性疾病; 病毒病; (计算机程序中的)病毒

复数：viruses　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3589 / COCA.2701

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noun

病毒；滤过性病毒
a living thing, too small to be seen without a microscope , that causes infectious disease in people, animals and plants
1. the flu virus
  流感病毒
2. a virus infection
  病毒感染
病毒性疾病；病毒病
a disease caused by a virus
1. There's a virus going around the office.
  办公室里流行着一种病毒性疾病。
（计算机程序中的）病毒
instructions that are hidden within a computer program and are designed to cause faults or destroy data

N-COUNT 病毒
Avirusis a kind of germ that can cause disease.
1. There are many different strains of flu virus.
  流感病毒有很多不同类型。
2. ...HIV, the virus believed to cause AIDS. HIV
  ，一种据信会引发艾滋病的病毒
N-COUNT 病毒
In computer technology, avirusis a program that introduces itself into a system, altering or destroying the information stored in the system.
1. Hackers are said to have started a computer virus.
  据说黑客们已经开始传播一种新的电脑病毒。

noun

(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts
a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
1. a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance
Synonym:computer virus
a harmful or corrupting agency
1. bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread
2. the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone

The virus is getting more and more attention, and not before time
这种病毒正受到越来越多的关注，其实早该如此。
Hackers are said to have started a computer virus.
据说黑客们已经开始传播一种新的电脑病毒。
The official number of people carrying the AIDS virus is low
艾滋病病毒携带者的官方数字并不高。
The repairman reported back that the computer had a virus.
修理工报告说电脑染了病毒。
The virus is not passed on through touching or shaking hands.
那种病毒不会通过接触或握手传染。
Acids in the stomach destroy the virus.
胃酸能杀死病毒。
I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
我坚决不向病毒屈服。
As many as ten-million children will have been infected with the virus by the end of the decade
到这个十年结束时，多达千万的儿童将会感染上这种病毒。
Liver cancer is linked to the hepatitis B virus
肝癌与乙肝病毒存在关联。
A number of recent advances hold out if not the hope of a cure, then at least the possibility of some drug which could stop the spread of the virus
近来的一些进展即使不能提供治愈的希望，也至少有望研制出来某种药物来阻止病毒的传播。