allergy

名词 n.
[ˈæl.ə.dʒi]    [ˈæl.ɚ.d͡ʒi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance. broadly
    — My dad can't live with pets because of an allergy.
  2. A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.; Specifically, hypersensitivity of class I in the modern classification thereof: the immunoglobulin E–mediated type. broadly
  3. An antipathy, as toward a person or activity. figuratively,informal
    — He has an allergy to reality TV.

词形变化

allergies plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos
Proto-Hellenic *áľľos
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
Proto-Hellenic *wérgon
Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon)
German Allergiebor.
English allergy
Borrowed from German Allergie. Coined by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906 from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”), on the model of Energie.
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