super-spreader
noun [ C ] /ˈsuː.pəˌspred.ər/ /ˈsuː.pɚˌspred.ɚ/
（传染疾病的）超级传播者
someone who infects many more people with a disease than most other infected people do
A few super-spreaders appear to have transmitted the virus to as many as 10 people each. 一些超级传播者似乎每个都将病毒传给了多达10个人。
It is impossible to know who will be a super-spreader and who will not. 不可能知道谁会或不会成为超级传播者。
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- The spread of the Sars virus was accelerated by a super-spreader patient in one of the city's hospitals.
- The biggest threat here is of an unrecognized super-spreader being made to wait for hours in a major hospital's A&E.
- The term "super-spreader" has been used to describe certain individuals who have been implicated in spreading Covid-19 to numerous other individuals.