contagiouscon•ta•gious /kən'teɪdʒəs/

adj

1. 接触传染的

• Scarlet fever is a highly contagious disease. 猩红热是一种极易接触传染的疾病。

2. (指人等)带传染源的

• a contagious person 带传染源的人

3. (情绪等)感染性的，蔓延的

• Contagious laughter 具有感染力的笑声

• Yawning is curiously contagious. 打哈欠会奇妙地传染。

–contagiousness n U –contagiously adv