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    Tetanus is a serious illness caused by bacteria that live in soil, dust and animal waste and get into the body through a cut — a deep one from a dirty nail, but any wound can do it. The bacteria release a poison that makes the muscles pull tight and stay tight.

    Tetanus is a serious illnessTetanus(破傷風)是一種嚴重的疾病 caused by bacteria that live in soil, dust and animal waste由住在土壤、灰塵，和動物排泄物裡的細菌引起 and get into the body through a cut透過傷口進入身體 — famously a deep one from a dirty nail, but any wound can do it——最有名的就是被生鏽的釘子刺出的深傷口，但任何傷口都可能感染。 The bacteria release a poison這種細菌會釋放一種毒素 that makes the muscles pull tight and stay tight讓肌肉緊緊收縮並且維持緊繃。

    The jaw is often hit first, which is why the illness has the everyday name : the person cannot open their mouth. It can kill, and it needs hospital treatment.

    The jaw is often hit first下巴通常最先受到影響， which is why the illness has the everyday name lockjaw所以這個病有個日常說法叫lockjaw(牙關緊閉)： the person cannot open their mouth病人會沒辦法張開嘴巴。 It can kill它可能致命， and it needs hospital treatment需要送醫治療。

    In Taiwan, children get the vaccine as part of the normal childhood schedule, and adults are usually told to have a booster every ten years or after a dirty wound — so if you cut yourself badly here, the doctor's first question is often when you last had a tetanus shot.

    In Taiwan, children get the vaccine as part of the normal childhood schedule在台灣，兒童常規疫苗接種裡就包含破傷風疫苗， and adults are usually told to have a booster every ten years or after a dirty wound成人通常被建議每十年，或是弄髒的傷口之後，補打一劑 — so if you cut yourself badly here, the doctor's first question is often when you last had a tetanus shot——所以你在這裡如果傷得比較重，醫生常常第一句話就是問你上次打破傷風針是什麼時候。

    The word is uncountable: 'he got tetanus', never 'a tetanus'. In everyday English the commonest use is not about the disease at all but about the injection — 'I need a tetanus jab' (British) or 'a tetanus shot' (American).

    The word is uncountable這個字是不可數名詞： 'he got tetanus', never 'a tetanus'只能說'he got tetanus'，不會說'a tetanus'。 In everyday English the commonest use is not about the disease at all在日常英文裡，最常見的用法根本不是在講這個病本身 but about the injection而是在講打的那一針 — 'I need a tetanus jab' (British) or 'a tetanus shot' (American)——像'I need a tetanus jab'（英式）或'a tetanus shot'（美式）。

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組成From Latin tetanus, from Ancient Greek tetanos, which came from the verb teino, 'to stretch'. The name is a description of what the doctor sees: muscles stretched tight and locked. Understanding that one root makes the disease easy to remember — it is the 'stretching-tight' illness.

同家族的字

  • tensionfrom Latin tendere, the Latin cousin of Greek teino — both mean stretching or pulling tight
  • tonefrom the same Greek teino; muscle tone is literally how tight a muscle is held

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

tetanusnoun/ˈtɛt.ən.əs/

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    medicinepathologysciencesA serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.

    • Compared to 290 children with TQQ negative, CWDs were significantly less likely to receive antenatal care (P=0.003), to get a maternal tetanus shot during antenatal care (P=0.004) and to receive full vaccination (P=0.01).
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    medicinephysiologysciencesA state of muscle tension caused by sustained contraction arising from a rapid series of nerve impulses which do not allow the muscle to relax.

    • We first saturated LTP in one pathway by applying repetitive tetani that had no effect on the control pathway […]

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。