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allergy

NounSino-Korean: Allergie

  1. 1

    allergy

    Pain or discomfort one feels when a certain thing touches or comes into one's body.

    Korean definition: 어떤 물질이 몸에 닿거나 몸속에 들어갔을 때 그것에 반응하여 생기는 불편하거나 아픈 증상.

    • I have an egg allergy, so I can't eat food that contains eggs.

    • Minjun, who is allergic to pollen, suffers from sneezing every spring.

  2. 2

    allergy

    (figurative) A physiological response of disliking and rejecting a certain object, phenomenon, or a person.

    Korean definition: (비유적으로) 어떤 사물이나 현상, 사람을 싫어하고 거부하는 심리적 반응.

    • Mr. Kim hates communism so much that he has an allergic reaction just from seeing the color red.

    • Being afraid of cats, I had an allergic reaction to the sudden sound of a cat meowing.