allergy

allergy — noun

1. a health problem in which your body reacts in a harmful way — for example with a

1.名詞B1
釋義

a health problem in which your body reacts in a harmful way — for example with a rash, sneezing, or trouble breathing — when you eat, touch, or breathe in something most people are fine with.

例句

Amara has a serious allergy to peanuts and always carries her medicine.

allergy + to + noun (food trigger)

The doctor confirmed that little Hiro's rash was caused by a milk allergy.

compound: [substance] + allergy

同義詞
  • hypersensitivity

    technical medical term; used in clinical writing rather than daily speech

  • intolerance

    overlapping but narrower — usually digestive, e.g. lactose intolerance; not the same as a true immune reaction

文法句型

allergy + to + noun

用法筆記

Almost always paired with the preposition 'to' to name the trigger (allergy to nuts/pollen/cats). Also forms common compound nouns: peanut allergy, dust allergy, food allergy.

常見錯誤

❌I have allergy of cats.
✅I have an allergy to cats.
💡use 'to', not 'of', and add the article 'an'.
❌She is allergy to milk.
✅She is allergic to milk.
💡'allergy' is the noun; the adjective is 'allergic'.