Cooties

音标：[ˈkuːtiːz]

意思：
"Cooties" 是一种俚语，通常指一种虚构的或假想的传染病，尤其是在儿童之间，用于形容由他人传染的“脏东西”或“病菌”。在儿童的游戏中，尤其是男孩和女孩之间，常常用来调侃或戏弄对方。例如，一些儿童会说某个人得了“cooties”，并因此避免与之接触。这个词通常带有幽默和调侃的性质。

翻译：

"Cooties" = 脏病、传染病（主要用于儿童间的戏谑）。

在一些语境中，“cooties”也可以指一些看似令人厌恶的事物，尤其是指儿童认为从异性或别人身上“传染”的不洁物。

读音：

/ˈkuːtiːz/

用法：

单数形式：通常以复数形式出现，“cooties”更为常见，作为一个集合名词，表示一种虚构的传染病或病菌。

语境：常用于儿童对话或在幽默场合下。

例句：

He said I had cooties, so I stayed away from him.

The little kids were running around, pretending they had cooties.

She giggled when he called her "cooties girl."

You can't sit here, you have cooties!

Stop making that face, you have cooties all over you!

We used to say boys had cooties when we were younger.

Don't touch him, he has cooties!

I don’t believe in cooties, but kids sure do.

She wanted to get rid of the cooties from her shoes.

They kept teasing each other about having cooties, but no one really believed it.

短语搭配：

Get rid of cooties – 摆脱脏病

Catch cooties – 得了脏病

Pretend to have cooties – 假装得了脏病

Spread cooties – 传播脏病

这个词通常是儿童之间使用的一种幽默或游戏中的用语，带有夸张和玩笑的成分。