a contagious disease spreads by close contact between people （疾病）接觸傳染的 Scarlet fever is highly contagious. 猩紅熱的接觸傳染性很強。 - (figurative)
His enthusiasm was contagious (= spread quickly to other people). 他的熱情富有感染力。 a contagious laugh 有感染力的笑聲 The new disease proved contagious. 這種新的疾病證明具有觸染性。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- prove
- …
- highly
- very
- [not usually before noun]
if a person is contagious, they have a disease that can be spread by close contact with other people 患接觸性傳染病 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- prove
- …
- highly
- very
compare infectious
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin contagiosus, from contagio, from con- ‘together with’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch’.