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contagion 音標拼音: [kənt'edʒən] n. 傳染,傳染病,蔓延,歪風 傳染,傳染病,蔓延,歪風 contagion n 1: any disease easily transmitted by contact [ synonym: { contagious disease}, { contagion}] 2: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted [ synonym: { infection}, { contagion}, { transmission}] 3: the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; " a contagion of mirth"; " the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry" [ synonym: { contagion}, { infection}] Contagion \ Con* ta" gion\ ( k[ o^] n* t[= a]" j[ u^] n), n. [ L. contagio: cf. F. contagion. See { Contact}.] 1. ( Med.) The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The term has been applied by some to the action of miasmata arising from dead animal or vegetable matter, bogs, fens, etc., but in this sense it is now abandoned. -- Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster] And will he steal out of his wholesome bed To dare the vile contagion of the night? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which serves as a medium or agency to transmit disease; a virus produced by, or exhalation proceeding from, a diseased person, and capable of reproducing the disease. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm. " The contagion of example." -- Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster] When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Venom; poison. [ Obs.] " I' ll touch my point with this contagion." -- Shak. Syn: See { Infection}. [ 1913 Webster]
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