late 14c., "venomous substance," from Latin virus "poison, sap of plants, slimy liquid, a potent juice," probably from PIE root *weis- "to melt away, to flow," used of foul or malodorous fluids, with specialization in some languages to "poisonous fluid" (cognates: Sanskrit visam "poison," visah "poisonous;" Avestan vish- "poison;" Latin viscum "sticky substance, birdlime;" Greek ios "poison," ixos "mistletoe, birdlime;" Old Church Slavonic vi?nja "cherry;" Old Irish fi "poison;" Welsh gwy "fluid, water," gwyar "blood"). Main modern meaning "agent that causes infectious disease" first recorded 1728 (in reference to venereal disease). The computer sense is from 1972.
雙語例句
1. The official number of people carrying the AIDS virus is low.
艾滋病病毒攜帶者的官方數字并不高。
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2. Hackers are said to have started a computer virus.
據說黑客們已經開始傳播一種新的電腦病毒。
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3. The repairman reported back that the computer had a virus.
修理工報告說電腦染了病毒。
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4. I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
我堅決不向病毒屈服。
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5. Liver cancer is linked to the hepatitis B virus.