病毒 — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
病毒 is used for these senses in English:
- bug A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- virus A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
bug — full definition
- noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
- noun An error or flaw in a computer program or piece of software.
- noun A minor, usually short-lived illness, or the germ that causes it.
- noun A hidden device used to secretly record or transmit conversations.
- verb To annoy or irritate someone.
virus — full definition
- noun A microscopic infectious agent that can only reproduce inside a living host cell, sometimes causing disease.
- noun A disease caused by such an agent.
- noun Malicious software that spreads between computers, often damaging files or data.
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