| 词组 | flu |
| 释义 | flu /fluː/ noun a common illness in which you have a high temperature, a sore throat, cough a lot etcverbshave flu He can’t come to school because he has flu.suffer from flu Martha was suffering from flu and had lost her voice.get/catch flu I don’t want you to get my flu.come/go down with flu (=start to have flu) Half the people in the office have come down with the flu.recover from flu/get over flu It was several weeks before she recovered from her flu.adjectivesbad flu I had really bad flu and I was off work for two weeks.mild flu The illness feels like mild flu.nouns + fluswine flu (=a type of flu that started in pigs before spreading to humans) The government was worried that there would be a serious outbreak of swine flu.bird flu (=a type of flu that started in birds before spreading to humans) So far, bird flu has been rare in humans.flu + nounsa flu virus also a flu bug informal I picked up a flu bug from someone at work.flu symptoms The classic flu symptoms are a high fever, a runny nose, and a cough.a flu jab BrE a flu shot AmE also a flu vaccination formal Have you had your flu shots? | The flu jab does not protect you for more than one year.a flu vaccine Flu vaccines are not always very effective.a flu outbreak (=when a lot of people get the flu) Britain was in the midst of its worst flu outbreak in a decade.a flu epidemic (=when an extremely large number of people get the flu) Doctors now fear a flu epidemic.a flu strain (=a type of flu virus) Five hundred chickens died from the H5N1 flu strain.prepositionswith flu I stayed home from school with flu.phrasesbe in bed with flu Steven is still in bed with flu.be laid up with flu (=have flu and be unable to work or do anything) Johnson took over for Ben Miller while he was laid up with flu.a case of flu There have been a number of cases of flu at the college.a bout of flu (=an occasion when you are affected by flu) This is her second bout of flu this winter.have a touch of (the) flu informal (=have a mild case of flu) Harry can’t come – he has a touch of the flu.Flu or the flu?In British English, people often just say flu: She’s off work with flu. In American English, people always say the flu: She’s off work with the flu. Don’t say a flu.Flu or influenza?Flu is the usual word to use in everyday English. Flu is short for influenza, which is more formal: Millions of people died in the great influenza epidemic after the war.Man fluWomen sometimes talk about man flu. This is a humorous expression used about an illness such as a cold, which is much less serious than the man imagines it is. |
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