virus

英 [ˈvaɪrəs]

美 [ˈvaɪrəs]

n. 病毒; 滤过性病毒; 病毒性疾病; 病毒病; (计算机程序中的)病毒

复数：viruses　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3589 / COCA.2701

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noun

病毒；滤过性病毒
a living thing, too small to be seen without a microscope , that causes infectious disease in people, animals and plants
1. the flu virus
  流感病毒
2. a virus infection
  病毒感染
病毒性疾病；病毒病
a disease caused by a virus
1. There's a virus going around the office.
  办公室里流行着一种病毒性疾病。
（计算机程序中的）病毒
instructions that are hidden within a computer program and are designed to cause faults or destroy data

N-COUNT 病毒
Avirusis a kind of germ that can cause disease.
1. There are many different strains of flu virus.
  流感病毒有很多不同类型。
2. ...HIV, the virus believed to cause AIDS. HIV
  ，一种据信会引发艾滋病的病毒
N-COUNT 病毒
In computer technology, avirusis a program that introduces itself into a system, altering or destroying the information stored in the system.
1. Hackers are said to have started a computer virus.
  据说黑客们已经开始传播一种新的电脑病毒。

noun

(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts
a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
1. a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance
Synonym:computer virus
a harmful or corrupting agency
1. bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread
2. the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone

Acids in the stomach destroy the virus.
胃酸能杀死病毒。
The official number of people carrying the AIDS virus is low
艾滋病病毒携带者的官方数字并不高。
The repairman reported back that the computer had a virus.
修理工报告说电脑染了病毒。
This virus infected thousands of computers within days.
这种病毒在短短几天内感染了数千台计算机。
Hackers are said to have started a computer virus.
据说黑客们已经开始传播一种新的电脑病毒。
As many as ten-million children will have been infected with the virus by the end of the decade
到这个十年结束时，多达千万的儿童将会感染上这种病毒。
This is the virus in very crude simple diagrammatic form.
这是非常粗略简单的图式病毒形态。
In the effort to understand AIDS, attention is moving from the virus to the immune system.
为了解艾滋病，人们的注意力从艾滋病病毒转向了免疫系统。
The virus mutates in the carrier's body
病毒会在携带者体内发生变异。
Do not use a bit-image method of backup ( like a tape streamer), because this will copy the virus.
不要使用位元影像的方法（如磁带机）备份，因为这样会将病毒一起拷贝下来。