asthma

asthma — 名詞

1. a long-term illness affecting the lungs, where the small tubes that carry air ti

1.名詞B1
釋義

氣喘

支氣管收縮、呼吸困難的慢性肺部疾病

a long-term illness affecting the lungs, where the small tubes that carry air tighten up suddenly and cause a person to wheeze, cough, and struggle to get enough breath, often after contact with dust, pollen, smoke, cold air, or hard exercise.

例句

Mei was diagnosed with asthma when she was six years old.

美玲六歲時被診斷出有氣喘。

passive: be diagnosed with asthma

Leila always carries an inhaler because her asthma gets worse in cold weather.

萊拉隨身帶著吸入器，因為她的氣喘在冷天會變嚴重。

collocation: asthma gets worse / triggers asthma

同義詞

文法句型

have asthma

suffer from asthma

an asthma attack

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable; you say 'have asthma' (no article), not 'have an asthma'. The countable phrase is 'an asthma attack', meaning a single episode.

常見錯誤

❌My brother has an asthma.
✅My brother has asthma.
💡asthma is uncountable; drop the article unless you mean 'an asthma attack'.
❌She got asthma after running.
✅She had an asthma attack after running.
💡'get asthma' usually means develop the long-term condition, not a single episode.