1800, used by British physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823) for the technique he devised of preventing smallpox by injecting people with the cowpox virus (variolae vaccinae), from vaccine (adj.) "pertaining to cows, from cows" (1798), from Latin vaccinus "from cows," from vacca "cow" (Latin bos "cow" being originally "ox," "a loan word from a rural dialect" according to Buck, who cites Umbrian bue). "The use of the term for diseases other than smallpox is due to Pasteur" [OED].
双语例句
1. Parents were too frightened to bring their children for vaccination.
父母太过害怕，不敢带孩子去接种疫苗。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Vaccination and other prophylactic measures can be carried out.
可以采取疫苗接种和其他预防措施。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Anyone who wants to avoid the flu should consider getting a vaccination.
