anthrax: [14] In Greek, anthrax means ‘coal’ (hence English anthracite [19]). The notion of a burning coal led to its being applied metaphorically to a very severe boil or carbuncle, and that is how it was first used in English. It was not until the late 19th century that the word came into general use, when it was applied to the bacterial disease of animals that had been described by Louis Pasteur (which produces large ulcers on the body). => anthracite
anthrax (n.)
late 14c., "any severe boil or carbuncle," from Latin, from Greek anthrax "charcoal, live coal," also "carbuncle," which is of unknown origin. Specific sense of the malignant disease in sheep and cattle (and occasionally humans) is from 1876.
实用例句
1. They may have weaponized quantities of anthrax.
他们可能已将大量炭疽制成了武器。
来自《权威词典》
2. Anthrax have hooked up with Public Enemy for a metal/rap version of "Bring On The Noise"
炭疽乐队和公敌乐队联手合作了重金属加说唱版的歌曲《带来噪音》。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The history of anthrax is intimately associated with the history of bacteriology and infectious disease.
炭疽病的历史与细菌学和传染病学的历史是密切相关的.
来自辞典例句
4. The work on anthrax abruptly ushered in the golden age of medical bacteriology.
于炭疽病的研究突然将医学细菌学引入了黄金时代.
来自辞典例句
5. In the interest of controlling anthrax, complete necropsy of animals is strongly discouraged.
