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superbug

/soo-per-buhg/US // ˈsu pərˌbʌg //UK // (ˈsuːpəˌbʌɡ) //

超级细菌,超级病菌,超强细菌,超强的细菌

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : a pathogenic bacterium that has developed immunity to antibiotics, or an insect that has developed immunity to insecticides.

Examples

  • Back at the hospital, Dad came down with a blood infection with MRSA, the horrific superbug that hangs around medical facilities.

  • Our visionary scientists have found the Achilles heel of yet another enemy of the State—the Superbug!

  • Drug-resistant gonorrhea, the so-called sex superbug found in Hawaii, is no killer on par with AIDS, as some reports suggest.

  • The latest superbug, NDM-1, has a shadowy past with hospitals.

  • No, but nearly one in eight of these cell phones were found to harbor MRSA, the rampant superbug found in hospitals.