Le.gion.naires' disease

legionnaires-disease的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˌli:dʒəˈnɛərz]
KK音标发音： [ˌlidʒəˈnɛrz]

legionnaires-disease的词性：
n.（名词）

1. An acute, sometimes fatal respiratory disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Legionella, especially L. pneumophila, and characterized by severe pneumonia, headache, and a dry cough.
军团病：一种急性的、有时致命的呼吸道疾病，由军团菌 属的细菌引起，尤指 肺性军团菌 ，其症状为严重的肺炎、头痛和干咳

legionnaires-disease的词源：

2. [So called because it was first recognized when an outbreak occurred during an American Legion Convention in Philadelphia in 1976]
[之所以这样命名，是因为它突然发生于1976年在费城召开的美国退伍军人大会期间而且首次得到确诊]