名詞 malaria:

1. an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever

1. Malaria is endemic in/to many hot countries.
   瘧疾是熱帶許多國家的地方病。
2. Mosquitoes are carriers of malaria.
   蚊子是瘧疾的傳播媒介。
3. Travellers are reminded that malaria tablets are advisable.
   旅客須知要服用預(yù)防瘧疾藥。
4. He fell sick with malaria on a trip to Africa.
   他在去非洲時(shí)患了瘧疾。
5. Quinine is a specific for malaria.
   奎寧是治療瘧疾的特效藥。
6. Quinine is used as medicine against malaria.
   奎寧是用來治療瘧疾的藥物。
7. There are many malaria sufferers in hospital.
   醫(yī)院里有很多瘧疾病人。
8. The boy had a bad attack of malaria.
   那個(gè)男孩得了嚴(yán)重的瘧疾。

ma.lar.i.a

n.（名詞）
An infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating, caused by the parasitic infection of red blood cells by a protozoan of the genusPlasmodium, which is transmitted by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito. Also called paludism ,swamp fever
瘧疾：一種傳染性疾病，癥狀為周期性地感到冷、熱和發(fā)汗，病因是寄生于紅血球的一種瘧原蟲 屬原生動物，這種動物通過已感染病菌的雌性瘧蚊傳播 也作 paludism,swamp fever
Archaic Bad or foul air; miasma.
【古語】 污濁之氣：污濁的或不干凈的空氣；瘴氣

來源：
Italian
意大利語
from mala aria [bad air]
源自 mala aria [不好的空氣]
malo [bad] from Latin malus * see mel- 3
malo [壞的] 源自 拉丁語 malus *參見 mel- 3
aria [air] from Latin 3ôr
aria [空氣] 源自 拉丁語 3ôr
from Greek aôr * see wer-
源自 希臘語 aôr *參見 wer-

【引伸】
malar.ial 或
malar.ian 或
malar.ious
adj.（形容詞）