malaria: [18] The original English term for an ‘attack of malarial fever’ was ague. The word malaria did not come on the scene until the mid- 18th century. It was borrowed from Italian mal’aria, a conflation of mala aria, literally ‘bad air’. This was an allusion to the former belief that malaria was caused by foul air, and particularly by vapours given off by swamps. => air, malign
malaria (n.)
1740, from Italian mal'aria, from mala aria, literally "bad air," from mala "bad" (fem. of malo, from Latin malus; see mal-) + aria "air" (see air (n.1)). Probably first used by Italian physician Francisco Torti (1658-1741). The disease, now known to be mosquito-borne, once was thought to be caused by foul air in marshy districts. Replaced native ague.
实用例句
1. At present, no widely approved vaccine exists for malaria.
目前，还没有被广泛认可的疟疾疫苗。
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2. Malaria is bursting out again all over the world.
疟疾突然又在全世界流行起来。
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3. Roll on the day someone develops an effective vaccine against malaria.
盼望有一天有人会研制出一种能有效预防疟疾的疫苗。
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4. They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.
