c. 1600, from Modern Latin, from Greek pneumonia "inflammation of the lungs," from pneumon "lung," altered (perhaps by influence of pnein "to breathe") from pleumon "lung," literally "floater," probably cognate with Latin pulmo (see pulmonary), from PIE *pleu- "to flow, to swim" (see pluvial). Alteration in Greek perhaps by influence of pnein "to breathe."
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1. In November 1941 Payne was seriously ill with pneumonia.
1941年11月，佩恩得了严重的肺炎。
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2. The new drug lessens the severity of pneumonia episodes.
新药减轻了肺炎发作时的痛苦。
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3. She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis.
她担心会得肺炎或支气管炎。
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4. Most people do not have to be hospitalized for asthma or pneumonia.
大多数哮喘或肺炎患者无需住院。
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5. The patient caught pneumonia and went out shortly before midnight.
