新城疫病毒

xīnchéngyìbìngdú

noun

Meanings

1 Newcastle disease virus (NDV)
2 avian paramyxovirus type 1

Characters

city, walled town

epidemic, plague

illness, disease

Examples

HSK 7-9

新城疫病毒是养禽业最严重的病原之一。

Xīnchéngyìbìngdú shì yǎng qín yè zuì yánzhòng de bìngyuán zhīyī.

Newcastle disease virus is one of the most serious pathogens in the poultry industry.

HSK 7-9

定期接种疫苗可以预防新城疫病毒感染。

Dìngqī jiēzhòng yìmiáo kěyǐ yùfáng xīnchéngyìbìngdú gǎnrǎn.

Regular vaccination can prevent Newcastle disease virus infection.

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history

Named after Newcastle upon Tyne, England, where a 1926 poultry outbreak gave the disease its name. The Chinese calques the place-name literally as 新城 ('new city').

Stroke Order

新 xīn

城 chéng

疫 yì

病 bìng

毒 dú