epidemic
🇺🇸
/ˌepɪˈdemɪk/
🇬🇧
/ˌepɪˈdemɪk/
noun
C1
A disease that spreads quickly to many people in a community
The city faced an epidemic of flu that made many people sick.
該市面臨流感疫情，導致許多人患病。
C1
A sudden big increase in something bad happening
There is an epidemic of car thefts in our neighborhood.
我們社區出現了汽車盜竊的激增現象。
adjective
R
Happening more and more often in a place
Loneliness has become epidemic among young people.
孤獨感在年輕人中已經變得普遍。
R
Affecting many people in a community at the same time
The epidemic spread of the virus worried health officials.
病毒的大範圍傳播讓衛生官員感到擔憂。
translation
流行病, 爆發
流行的, 流行性的
詞形變化
Plural
epidemics