名詞 influenza:

1. an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
   同義詞：flu, grippe

1. A few cases of influenza cropped out every now and then.
   不時(shí)出現(xiàn)一些流行性感冒的病例。
2. She was taken down with influenza.
   她患了流行性感冒。
3. I have an influenza epidemic.
   我得了流行性感冒。
4. We all had influenza last night.
   我們昨晚都患了流感。

in.flu.en.za

n.（名詞）
An acute contagious viral infection characterized by inflammation of the respiratory tract and by fever, chills, muscular pain, and prostration.Also called grippe
流行性感冒：一種急性的有傳染性的病毒感染，主要特征是呼吸道感染和發(fā)燒、寒戰(zhàn)、肌肉疼痛和虛脫也作 grippe
Any of various viral infections of domestic animals characterized generally by fever and respiratory involvement.
（家畜的）流行性感冒：家畜病毒感染，主要特征是發(fā)燒和呼吸困難

來(lái)源：
Italian
意大利語(yǔ)
from Medieval Latin onfluentia [influence (so called apparently from the belief that epidemics were due to the influence of the stars)] * see influence
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) onfluentia [星力（之所以如此命名顯然與相信傳染病是由于星相導(dǎo)致有關(guān)）] *參見(jiàn) influence

【引伸】
in.fluen.zal
adj.（形容詞）