Word · Frequency #8041
flu
流感, 流行性感冒
an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
流感
- 1.
Influenza.
流感。
流感。；流感；流行性感冒
In use
I thought I just had a cold, but it turned out to be the flu.
She got a flu shot to protect herself during the winter season.
After a week of rest, he finally recovered from the flu.
have/get/catch the flu
这三种表达均可表示‘患流感’，其中‘catch’更口语化。
I caught the flu last week and had to stay in bed.
我上周得了流感，不得不卧床。
suffer from the flu
强调症状的持续或严重。
Many elderly people suffer from the flu during winter.
许多老年人在冬季饱受流感之苦。
come down with the flu
口语常用，指突然生病。
She came down with the flu just before the exam.
她就在考试前得了流感。
Common mistakes
I have a flu.I have the flu.
流感作为疾病名称，通常与定冠词 'the' 连用（如 'the flu'），或不用冠词（如 'have flu'）。使用不定冠词 'a' 是错误的，因为流感是不可数名词或视为特定疾病。
I flu.I have the flu.
中文中'感冒'可作为动词使用，但英语中'flu'仅是名词，不能作谓语。需使用'have/get/catch'等动词搭配。
Connections
Collocations
- have the flu
- 患流感
- I have the flu and need to rest.我得了流感，需要休息。
- catch the flu
- 染上流感
- She caught the flu from her classmate.她从同学那里染上了流感。
- flu shot
- 流感疫苗注射
- Did you get your flu shot this year?你今年打流感疫苗了吗？
- flu season
- 流感季节
- Flu season usually starts in the fall.流感季节通常在秋季开始。
- flu symptoms
- 流感症状
- Common flu symptoms include fever and cough.常见的流感症状包括发烧和咳嗽。
- come down with the flu
- 患上流感
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 flu 与 flow 拼写相似，流感病毒如气流般传播。
Context & Register
中性；常用于医学和日常对话
Grammar Note
不可数名词，常与the连用表示特定流感
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like blue, clue, glue, flew, and true share the same vowel sound /uː/ and therefore rhyme with flu. Note that flew is a homophone of flu (both /fluː/). However, flute is a lookalike: it starts with 'flu' but is pronounced /fluːt/, so it does not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.