mumps

mumps的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [mʌmps]
KK音标发音： [mʌmps]

mumps的词性：
pl.n.(used with a sing. or pl. verb)（复数名词）（与单数或复数动词连用）

1. An acute, inflammatory, contagious disease caused by a paramyxovirus and characterized by swelling of the salivary glands, especially the parotids, and sometimes of the pancreas, ovaries, or testes. This disease, mainly affecting children, can be prevented by vaccination.
流行性腮腺炎：由一种副粘液病毒引起的一种急性的、发炎的接触性传染病，病状为唾腺的肿大（特别是腮腺），有时也发生胰、卵巢或者睾丸的肿大。这种疾病多发于小孩，通过接种可以避免

mumps的词源：

2. From pl. of dialectal mump [grimace]
源自 方言 mump的复数 [怪相]