respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants
例句
用作名词 (n.)
His disease was complicated by pneumonia. 他的病因肺炎并发症而变得更严重。
Pneumonia carried him off last winter. 他去年患肺炎逝世了。
Set up by a severe cold in October, Mary could not throw off her pneumonia. 玛丽十月间得过一场重感冒，抵抗力大为减弱，因而肺炎难以痊愈。
常见句型
用作名词 (n.)
This was a light epidemic of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia. 这是轻度流感，只要当心不引起肺炎，就无危险。
美
[nuː'moʊniə]
