"epidemic influenza," 1776, probably from French grippe "influenza," originally "seizure," verbal noun from gripper "to grasp, hook," from Frankish or another Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *gripanan (see grip (v.), gripe (v.)). Supposedly in reference to constriction of the throat felt by sufferers; the word spread through European languages after the influenza epidemic during the Russian occupation of Prussia in the Seven Years' War (c. 1760), and Russian chirpu, said to be imitative of the sound of the cough, is sometimes said to be the origin or inspiration for the word.
双语例句
1. The grippe hit unusually severely that year.
那一年,流行性感冒来得异常凶猛.
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2. Sexy: The uncle of mouth of my home alley got a grippe.
性感: 我家巷口的伯伯得了流行性感冒.
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3. What is the transmission way of the grippe?
流行性感冒的传播途径是什么?
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4. Influenza ( or flu or grippe ): Acute viral infection of the upper or lower respiratory tract.
