新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

contagious

英  [kənˈteɪdʒəs]
    

[ADJ]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1接触传染的

    A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious.

    双语例句

    例:

    a highly contagious disease of the lungs.

    一种高度接触传染的肺病。

    2有感染力的

    A feeling or attitude that is contagious spreads quickly among a group of people.

    近义词

    infectious

    双语例句

    例:

    Laughing is contagious.

    笑是有感染力的。