疫苗 (yì miáo) — vaccine
Definition
A vaccine — a biological preparation that gives immunity. Contrast with 病毒: 疫苗 is the medicine used for prevention, while 病毒 is the pathogen itself.
noun
vaccine
Measure word · 支
Examples
- 疫苗。Yī shēng jiàn yì měi nián qiū tiān dǎ liú gǎn yì miáo.Doctors recommend getting a flu vaccine every autumn.
- 疫苗。Hái zi liù suì shí xū yào jiē zhè zhǒng yì miáo.Children need to receive this vaccine at age six.
- 疫苗。Zhè zhǒng yì miáo de yán fā yòng le shí nián shí jiān.The development of this vaccine took ten years.
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