virus /'vaiәrәs/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic…
- (n.) a harmful or corrupting agency
- (n.) a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
Chinese translation
- n. 病毒, 滤过性病毒, 毒害
- [化] 病毒
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /'vaiәrәs/
- Syllables
- 2
- Exam levels
- Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE
- Frequency
- Zipf 4.42 · Rare
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