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pinkeye

/pingk-ahy/US // ˈpɪŋkˌaɪ //UK // (ˈpɪŋkˌaɪ) //

红眼病,红眼症,粉红眼病,小红眼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : a contagious form of acute conjunctivitis occurring in humans and certain animals: so called from the color of the inflamed eye.

Examples

  • Hachimura also missed the first four games of the season with pinkeye.

  • Hachimura missed two weeks at the start of the season for pinkeye before he missed time because of the team’s coronavirus outbreak.

  • The technology uses an adenovirus, from the family of viruses that cause pinkeye, as a sort of Trojan horse to deliver SARS-CoV-2 protein to the immune system.

  • Forward Rui Hachimura made his return a week ahead of schedule after missing two weeks with pinkeye.

  • Bob Costas has a case of mild pinkeye at the Sochi Olympics.

  • So given his sangfroid ‎it is likely that Mr. Costas has old-fashioned pinkeye.

  • Or perhaps he caught a mild viral form of pinkeye—medically known as conjunctivitis.

  • It's also the site where Vinny nearly contracted pinkeye and where most major romantic eruptions occurred.

  • All's well with the John Grier—except for a broken tooth, a sprained wrist, a badly scratched knee, and one case of pinkeye.