contagious
US: /kənˈteɪdʒəs/
UK: /kəntˈeɪdʒəs/
UK: /kəntˈeɪdʒəs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
contagious /kən'teidʤəs/
- tính từ
- lây ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
- a contagious disease: bệnh lây
- contagious laughter: cái cười lây
- contagious gloom: nỗi buồn lây
- lây ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 a contagious disease spreads by people touching each other: Scarlet fever is highly contagious. + (figurative) His enthusiasm was contagious (= spread quickly to other people). + a contagious laugh
2 [not usually before noun] if a person is contagious, they have a disease that can be spread to other people by touch
Compare: INFECTIOUS
contagiously adverb
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, prove
The new disease proved contagious.
ADV.
highly, very
Enthusiasm is highly contagious.
Concise English dictionary
-dʒəs
adj.
+easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
+(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
