super-spreader
noun[C]
/ˈsuː.pəˌspred.ər//ˈsuː.pɚˌspred.ɚ/someone whoinfectsmany morepeoplewith adiseasethan most otherinfectedpeopledo :
(传染疾病的)超级传播者A few super-spreadersappearto havetransmittedthevirusto as many as 10peopleeach.一些超级传播者似乎每个都将病毒传给了多达10个人。
It isimpossibletoknowwho will be a super-spreader and who will not.不可能知道谁会或不会成为超级传播者。
- Thespreadof the Sarsviruswasacceleratedby a super-spreaderpatientin one of the city'shospitals.
- Thebiggestthreathere is of an unrecognized super-spreader being made towaitforhoursin amajorhospital's A&E.
- Theterm"super-spreader" has been used todescribecertainindividualswho have beenimplicatedinspreadingCovid-19 tonumerousotherindividuals.
Passing on illness & causing disease
- aerosolize
- catching
- community transmission
- contact tracer
- contact tracing
- disseminator
- epidemic
- harbour
- infected
- insalubrious
- noncarrier
- noncontagious
- pass on
- percent positive
- pestilential
- transmit
- transmittable
- unhygienic
- verminous
- virally